Today's terrifying article explains the dangers of button batteries, those tiny things in many toys, remote controls, watches, etc. My fight or flight response set in as I read the story of 13-month-old Aidan Truett, who died after ingesting a battery. It burned a hole through his esophagus. His parents and doctors didn't even know he had swallowed it for
nine days. I'm sorry, I have to go scrub my house of all button batteries now.
I think these terrible incidents used to be a terrible unforseen tragedy, and now it's SOMEBODY"S FAULT. SOMEBODY who should've known. Does that make us feel more in control in a world that is not more dangerous than it's ever been?
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