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Old batteries and glass-mercury thermometers don’t belong in our landfills, and prescription drugs certainly don’t belong in the hands of our teenagers. To get rid those and other potential pollutants ...

If you’ve been procrastinating about getting rid of that glass mercury thermometer or old prescriptions, now is the time to do it. In conjunction with National Pollution Prevention Week, a series of ...

It was one of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit’s most famous inventions, in 1714. But after nearly 300 years on the market, the still-common mercury thermometer now appears headed for extinction. While many ...

WIXOM, Mich. RG Medical Diagnostics is looking to bring back the reliability of glass thermometers — without the mercury. According to the company, glass thermometers administered orally or rectally ...

The mercury thermometer, long a fixture in household medicine cabinets and industrial settings, is going the way of the horse and buggy. The reason: Mercury released into the environment from a broken ...

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BALTIMORE — It was one of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit’s most famous inventions, in 1714. Now, after nearly 300 years on the market, the still-common mercury thermometer appears headed for extinction.

Measuring your body temperature with a glass thermometer is pretty handy, but making the instruments is not easy. A finished mercury-in-glass thermometer requires at least 25 intricate steps including ...