I was waiting for that to occur with the razor blade expecting to see.
Me, I leave these batteries alone, even the ones I find in parking lots as disposed vape batteries.
I would assume, if fully discharged with a resistor load, it could be made safe. Still chemicals, but then we survived a simulated nuclear attack with over 1000 air nuk bomb set off, and they watched where every mushroom cloud rained out. A good map of radioactive fallout is known. But the experiment was a success. You can survive a nuclear war, with just minimal cases of cancer that start killing off the old before the younger baby makers. Sorry Ross, my mind is in decline. This is only a test.