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[–] deranger 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

In smoke detectors and tritium watches the quantity of radioactive material is minuscule compared to the beta emitter in the battery, as in multiple orders of magnitude less. None of the things you mentioned have radioactive material in any significant quantity. If you swallowed or inhaled this battery you’d be exposed to significant amounts of radiation.

A microwave is not an ionizing radiation source.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

I think you're in trouble if you swallow or inhale any batteries.