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 ...

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.

In this Weather Wednesday we look into how temperatures were measured in the 1880s when the F-M area recorded its coldest ...

Mercury thermometers were once a household staple for their precision. Unfortunately, the risk of mercury spills and poisoning has rendered them obsolete. Digital and alcohol-based thermometers ...

WEST BABYLON, N.Y.-- Workers at a thermometer factory in West Babylon, New York who were exposed to airborne mercury blame their employer for "prioritizing profits over people." Their boss at 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 ...