HP recently disclosed they will be recalling an estimated 101,000 lithium batteries due to overheating and fire hazards.\u00a0 According to The Verge<\/a>, the devices impacted include HP ENVY, HP ProBook, HP Pavilion and\u00a0Compaq Presario’s that were purchased between March 2013 to October 2016.\u00a0 HP has created a recall and replacement site, which can be accessed here<\/a>.\u00a0 It is most certainly worth taking the time to check and see if your device needs its battery replaced.\u00a0 If it does, HP will provide one, free of charge.<\/p>\n Lithium battery recalls have been an ongoing trend for some time now.\u00a0 The fire and overheating risks aren’t new, but more and more devices continue to be impacted.\u00a0 In 2016, the most publicized recall for lithium batteries was probably for the Samsung Note 7<\/a>.\u00a0 What you may not know, is Toshiba also recalled thousands<\/a> of PC lithium batteries in 2016 for the same hazards.<\/p>\n In 2006, PC Pitstop helped to expose the dangers of lithium batteries<\/a>. In 2013, a similar study<\/a> was done by PC Pitstop, in hopes the risks would no longer present themselves.\u00a0 However, the results were disturbing.\u00a0 You can view the study, which exploits the overheating and fire hazards with these batteries below,<\/p>\nOngoing Dangers of Lithium Batteries<\/h4>\n