Say goodbye to the mercury thermometer

Monday, February 28, 2011 - 20:00 in Health & Medicine

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 thermometer is highly poisonous.

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