E-cigarettes often draw their energy from lithium-ion batteries of the type 18650, but these batteries are extremely dangerous without a protective cover. Empa scientist Marcel Held demonstrates this fact with an experiment on the program «Kassensturz» of Swiss television SRF. The take-home message: Whoever carries such batteries loose in his pocket lives dangerously. The SRF Read more about Hazardous industrial batteries in e-cigarettes[…]