automobile manufacturers to end the use of mercury switches in cars and trucks in the year 2002. Toxicity of mercury switches; Approval of a Maine legislation on the responsibility of automobile companies for mercury switches; Opposition to the bill.Stoffer...
Mercury in the form of one of its common ores, cinnabar, is used in various traditional medicines, especially in traditional Chinese medicine. Review of its safety has found that cinnabar can lead to significant mercury intoxication when heated, consumed in overdose, or taken long term, and can...
Mercury is used in thermometers, barometers, manometers, sphygmomanometers, float valves, and other scientific apparatus, though concerns about the element's toxicity have led to mercury thermometers and sphygmomanometers being largely phased out in clinical environments in favor of alcohol-filled, digit...
The article reports that Arkansas has been the latest state in the U.S., which requires automakers to fund removal of switches. Automakers are on the hook in yet another state to fund the removal of mercury switches from junked cars before they are shredded and recycled. Governor Mike Huckabe...
Control Company's new Traceable~R Waterproof Food Thermometer membrane switches, ABS body, and stainless steel probe make it ideal for food labs, food proc... Hiroaki,Murata,Nada,... - 《Oncogene》 被引量: 227发表: 2002年 Toxicity of mercury. A ruling by the European Union heralds the de...
If the Cougar’s exterior is impressive, the interior is good enough to knock your socks off. It presents impressively in Tan, with not a mark to be found anywhere. There is no wear on the seats or door trims and no signs of damage on the console. The carpet is spotless, as are th...
The interior of the Pickup has also survived the last 70-years quite well. There are a couple of switches that are missing out of the dash, but I have to agree with the seller about the fact that it’s pretty unusual to see a Mercury Pickup of this vintage with the radio blanking ...
Director ___ Recycling Mercury Vehicle Switches In Illinois Illinois Office of Pollution Prevention July 2008 Environmental P. O. Box 19276 Protection Agency Springfield, IL 62794-9276 Why is mercury a concern? Mercury poses a health risk to everybody, but especially to children and fetuses because...
You learn to practice restraint, and moving around very carefully. It makes for some very tense moments when you’re right by the edge. With a very wide range of levels from moving different platforms, to splitting the mercury to activate switches, and even changing the mercury colour. Each...
But one hazardous material has been widely overlooked: mercury in switches that, in some cars, activate trunk lights or anti-lock brake systems. In Pennsylvania, recycled steel is the second-leading source of mercury emissions, with the unrecovered car switches accounting for most of the mercury....