纽扣电池吞下去能烧伤食道:消费品安全委员会说电池仓必须关到孩子打不开

美国消费品安全委员会(CPSC)把纽扣电池和硬币电池单列为一类家居危险:这种小电池被孩子吞下去之后,会造成严重伤害、内部化学烧伤,甚至死亡。遥控器、车钥匙、无焰蜡烛、发光玩具里都有它,个头小、表面亮,正是幼儿会往嘴里放的东西。
今年9月24日,CPSC 刚召回过一批发光儿童玩具:ABC Trading 的发光眼镜、皇冠发卡、闪亮发卡和领带共约43,674件,在洛杉矶的门店、全国专卖店和网上卖了多年。召回原因就是电池仓不符合玩具强制标准,孩子能轻易打开拿到纽扣电池。处理办法是立刻停用、联系商家退款,并按要求拍照证明已把产品丢弃。
联邦法律对这类产品有硬标准。按《Reese 法案》立下的规则,含纽扣或硬币电池的消费品,电池仓必须关得足够牢,要么得用工具才能打开,要么要两个独立动作同时做才能打开,电池本身的包装也要防儿童开启并带警示标签。买发光玩具、带遥控的小家电时,可以先试着抠一下电池仓,徒手一掰就开的不要给孩子用。
家里的日常防范有三条:备用电池和换下来的旧电池都收进孩子够不着的地方,旧电池也要按本地危险废物流程处理,不能随手扔在茶几上;遥控器、钥匙扣这类常年带电池的东西定期检查电池仓有没有松动;怀疑孩子吞了电池,不要观察等待,立刻去急诊,并可拨打 CPSC 热线 800-638-2772 报告产品问题。(来源:美国消费品安全委员会)
A Swallowed Button Battery Can Burn a Child's Esophagus: CPSC Says Battery Compartments Must Stay Shut to Children
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) treats button cell and coin batteries as a household hazard in their own class: when a child swallows one, the battery can cause serious injuries, internal chemical burns and death. They sit inside remote controls, key fobs, flameless candles and light-up toys, small and shiny, exactly the kind of object a toddler puts in a mouth.
On September 24, 2026, CPSC recalled a set of light-up children's products for exactly this reason: about 43,674 light-up glasses, crown headbands, sparkle headbands and ties imported by ABC Trading and sold for years at stores in Los Angeles, specialty stores nationwide and online. The toys violated the mandatory standard for toys because the button cell batteries inside could be easily accessed by children. The remedy is to stop using them immediately and contact the company for a refund, emailing a photograph showing the product disposed of in the trash.
Federal law sets the bar these products missed. Under the framework of Reese's Law, battery compartments on consumer products containing button cell or coin batteries must be secured so that they require a tool, or at least two independent and simultaneous hand movements, to open, batteries must come in child-resistant packaging, and packaging and products must carry the required ingestion warnings. Before handing a child a light-up toy or a small remote, a parent can test the compartment: if it pops open with a fingernail, it does not belong in a child's hands.
Three habits cover most of the risk at home: keep spare batteries and spent batteries alike out of children's reach, and dispose of used button and coin batteries following local hazardous waste procedures rather than leaving them on a table; check the battery compartments of remotes and key fobs from time to time for looseness; and if a child may have swallowed a battery, go to an emergency department immediately instead of waiting for symptoms. Product incidents can be reported to CPSC through SaferProducts.gov or its hotline at 800-638-2772. (Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)
来源:美国消费品安全委员会
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