Trade In Your Mercury Thermometers

Are you still with your mercury thermometer? It's time to throw him and the trade for a digital thermometer! Did you know that the sale of mercury thermometers is now banned throughout the United States?

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Mercury Reduction and Disposal Act of 2002. The reason for this prohibition is due to the severe environmental and physical consequences of mercury - and many of us know from experience how easy it is to take a breakMercury thermometers, thus exposing ourselves and the environment with mercury.

Only one gram of mercury - the amount in a typical thermometer - is enough to poison the fish from a small lake. Mercury is not safe and healthy for small children or even adults, either.

So, do not you think it is high time that you acted in your mercury thermometer for a digital? Of course you should not simply throw your old thermometerout into the trash - because of the possible harmful effects of mercury, you must ensure that it is properly disposed of.

Mercury can be reclaimed when they take to put the disposal. Contact your local recycling service to see where you can take your old thermometer. Then you go out and get a digital thermometer or other type of thermometer.