New method measures mercury vapour for the first time

Friday, January 31, 2014 - 09:00 in Health & Medicine

Empa has conducted an investigation to find out how much mercury energy-saving lamps contain and if this is within legal requirements. Altogether, 75 commercially available lamps were tested, with encouraging results – as far as mercury content goes they all contain less than the maximum allowed by law.

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