75 years of excellence 16 June 2011 – Washington DC 16 th Trilateral Working Group Meetings Agenda Item #7 Lithium Coin Cell Ingestions 16 th Trilateral Working Group Meeting 16 June 2011 Marc Boolish

75 years of excellence 16 June 2011 – Washington DC 16 th Trilateral Working Group Meetings Topics Background Media Attention Mechanism and current work Activities  ANSI / IEC  CEA Working Group / UL  CPSC  US Federal Bill 2

75 years of excellence 16 June 2011 – Washington DC 16 th Trilateral Working Group Meetings Background Increase in severe or fatal outcomes 3

75 years of excellence 16 June 2011 – Washington DC 16 th Trilateral Working Group Meetings Background 16 fatal and 85 major outcomes since 1985  94% from ≥ 20 mm  92% from 20 mm  All fatalities and 85% of major effects from children < 4 years  Major or fatal outcome in 12.6% of children < 6 years who ingested 20 – 25 mm button battery. 4

75 years of excellence 16 June 2011 – Washington DC 16 th Trilateral Working Group Meetings Note Seal

75 years of excellence 16 June 2011 – Washington DC 16 th Trilateral Working Group Meetings Source of Button Cell 6

75 years of excellence 16 June 2011 – Washington DC 16 th Trilateral Working Group Meetings Media Attention 7

75 years of excellence 16 June 2011 – Washington DC 16 th Trilateral Working Group Meetings Mechanism 7 hours pH Time (hours) Beginning 8

75 years of excellence 16 June 2011 – Washington DC 16 th Trilateral Working Group Meetings 4 Hr. Test 7 Hr. Test 24 Hr. Test Positive UpPositive Down 9

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75 years of excellence 16 June 2011 – Washington DC 16 th Trilateral Working Group Meetings Activities ANSI / IEC Increase in prominence of requirement of warning copy for swallowable batteries (marking requirements) IEC TC 35 - Pictograms IEC Energizer 11

75 years of excellence 16 June 2011 – Washington DC 16 th Trilateral Working Group Meetings US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Attendance at ANSI meetings Industry meeting in March 2011 CPSC Announcement Video 12

75 years of excellence 16 June 2011 – Washington DC 16 th Trilateral Working Group Meetings CEA / UL Proposal CEA Product Safety Working Group Proposal to UL –  UL Standard for Safety for Audio, Video and Similar Electronic Apparatus – Safety Requirements  Two construction options Use of a tool Minimum of two independent and simultaneous movements  Symbols on the electronic product – reference to warnings 13

75 years of excellence 16 June 2011 – Washington DC 16 th Trilateral Working Group Meetings US Federal Bill Sponsor – Jay Rockefeller (WV) Button Cell Battery Safety Act of 2011 Concerns  Duplicative to UL  Requires one particular method of engineering  Definition of Button Cell Battery A cell or battery that is 32 mm or less in diameter and less than its diameter in length, or Any other battery…as determined by the CPSC to pose an ingestion hazard.  What about installed base of devices? 14

75 years of excellence 16 June 2011 – Washington DC 16 th Trilateral Working Group Meetings Questions? 15