Mercury Thermometers

There are numerous resources on the Web relating to State and Regional programs among the US states to deal with the concerns over sales and continued uses of mercury-in-glass thermometers. We will be adding to the list of reference websites above as we locate more informative site.

Some Opinion:

One thing is clear, outright banning of mercury-in-glass thermometers has obviously been started before all the ramifications, expecially ones that could impose work hardships on even Federal, but also State, Agencies as well as industrial and scientific organizations. It would seem we have some rather short-sighted legislators who mean well, but are unable to think quite as well. They have then left the “cleaning up” of the “fine points” to state agency workers who don’t need any additional work stress.

While there may be some leeway within the various state rules and regs to allow the sales of some critical mercury-in-glass thermometers, the “out” for some states seems to be the legal distinction between sales and uses of such devices. The logic is a functional one, but with a serious flaw. Where do replacement use devices come from, if all the states ban sales of them?

It would be really interesting to know how various European Countries and the EU, in general, is handling this issue.

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