Alert: Lithium Batteries The Death Traps At The Back Of The Drawer

‘These small batteries don’t even have to be broken, chewed or damaged in any way to cause a terrible death from internal bleeding.
We all have one…a junk drawer. The place we shove things that we will want again, but we’re not sure when and items which just don’t have another ‘home’.
Remodelling the house means mine is even more full of junk than usual. A cursory glance turns up batteries, receipts, a watch with a damaged strap, plastic carrier bags, a furry boiled sweet circa God knows when, a screwdriver, dog lead, and more batteries…you get the picture. Admit it, you have a drawer, cupboard or box just like this.
The deaths of several children in the UK has been linked to these drawers…or rather a particular item we often store in them: Lithium batteries.’
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