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circuits or use incompatible chargers.","Advise disposal of batteries in ordinary waste.","Recommend shipping lithium batteries outside dangerous goods rules."],"requiresHuman":["Handling a battery fire or a damaged traction battery.","Disposing of large batteries."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Lithium battery fires are hard to extinguish and kill people in homes and vehicles.","Battery minerals and waste carry environmental and labour costs."],"affectedParties":["Users","Firefighters","Waste and recycling workers"]},"owners":{"steward":"The person or operator who owns it; producers carry take-back obligations in many jurisdictions.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q1753139","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q2288996","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"electric power source","type":"related","note":"the category"},{"target":"electrochemical cell","type":"contains","note":"the unit inside it"},{"target":"battery 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