{"id":20365,"date":"2017-01-25T07:51:51","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T07:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=20365"},"modified":"2017-01-25T07:51:51","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T07:51:51","slug":"u-s-agency-calls-for-safer-lithium-ion-batteries-after-samsung-fires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/business\/u-s-agency-calls-for-safer-lithium-ion-batteries-after-samsung-fires.html","title":{"rendered":"U.S. agency calls for safer lithium-ion batteries after Samsung fires"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"Justify\">\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">U.S. agency calls for safer lithium-ion batteries after Samsung fires<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>U.S. agency calls for safer lithium-ion batteries after Samsung fires:-<\/strong> Safety standards for lithium-ion batteries need to be modernized following a massive recall of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd phones after faulty batteries caused fires, a U.S. government agency said on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">&#8220;Consumers should never have to worry that a battery-powered device might put them, their family or their property at risk,\u201d Consumer Product Safety Commission Chairman Elliot Kaye said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">The agency reached agreement with Samsung to recall 2.5 million Note 7 phones in early September. 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