SFU EHS will swap your mercury thermometers with non-mercury alternatives for free. Simon Fraser University is committed to eliminating non-essential uses of mercury and mercury-containing products.
Mercury can be found in a variety of non-laboratory items such as fluorescent light bulbs, thermometers, older pressure gauges, plumbing traps, manometers, barometer, thermostats, capacitors, and ...
During in-house tests on popular clinical thermometers (mercury and digital) has found at least 16 popular brands to be inaccurate in calibration. In a shocking revelation, the Consumer Education ...
Elemental or metallic mercury is a shiny, silver-white metal and is liquid at room temperature. Elemental mercury is used in thermometers, fluorescent bulbs, and certain types of machinery and ...
How to report a public safety threat] FREMONT, Ohio (WJW) — Sandusky County authorities say they found someone trying to sell dozens of pounds of highly toxic liquid mercury on Facebook Marketplace ...
Building a thermometer is a matter of precise technology—putting just the right amount of mercury into a specially designed glass tube, for instance—but determining which numbers to use on the ...
WEST BABYLON, N.Y. (AP) — The owner of a New York thermometer factory was sentenced Friday to three years of probation for failing to protect workers who were exposed to hazardous levels of ...