Look around your house. Chances are you’ve got toys and other household items powered by those tiny button-size batteries.

Look around your house. Chances are you've got toys and other household items powered by those tiny button-size batteries.

But doctors warn that such "button batteries" can maim and kill. Pop one into your mouth and swallow — as thousands of children do annually — and they can quickly cause devastating injuries.

Despite their small size, these batteries can be powerful and potentially deadly if swallowed, especially by young children.

Look around your house -- chances are you've got toys and other household items powered by tiny button-size batteries. What you may not know is that they're potentially deadly if swallowed.

The Consumer Reports investigation evaluated 31 products powered by button batteries and discovered significant safety concerns.

You can find them in everything from tea lights to toys, and in the hands of young children, they're uniquely dangerous. 5 On Your Side's Keely Arthur shares how even with newly passed legislation ...

The Oklahoma Poison Center released a statement on Monday urging parents to secure button batteries before the holidays. “Especially this time of year, batteries come along with gifts.

But those batteries pose a serious harm, Consumer Reports warns. A lot of these gadgets and gizmos are powered by button batteries or coin cell batteries, which are small and powerful. It is so ...

It was very, very scary," Diaz said. Button batteries are found in light-up Christmas toys and greeting cards. Doctors say every year more than 3,000 children nationwide accidentally swallow them.

To meet the demand, manufacturers need new lithium-ion batteries that can satisfy a host of sometimes conflicting demands, including longer lifetimes, lower weight, higher safety and lower prices.