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 ...

EAGLE COUNTY – Mercury is dangerous stuff if allowed to roam free. This month in Eagle County is dedicated to rounding up as much of the stuff as possible before it does any damage.Local fire stations ...

It was one of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit’s most famous inventions, in 1714. But after nearly 300 years on the market, the still-common mercury thermometer now appears headed for extinction. While many ...

Broken thermometers are the cause of numerous calls to the Poison Center. Thermometers with a silver line contain elemental mercury. Thermometers with a red or blue liquid do NOT contain mercury.

If you’re still using a mercury thermometer to see if the kid’s got a fever, it’s time for an upgrade in your in-home medical equipment. And now’s your chance to do without paying a whole lot.

Q: The other day, I had a fever and was taking my temperature. When I was shaking my thermometer, the bottom broke off, and it spilled down the sink drain. When I searched the Web for ideas about ...

It’s 3 a.m. Your two-year-old is crying. Her forehead is hot and you fear she’s running a fever. You rush to get a thermometer. You grab one, but in your haste, you drop it. It breaks, and mercury ...

WEST BABYLON, N.Y. (AP) — The owner of a New York thermometer factory was sentenced Friday to three years of probation for failing to protect workers who were exposed to hazardous levels of mercury ...

FARGO — The principal of a liquid-in-glass thermometer is that the liquid inside a very narrow tube will contract and expand with temperature variation. The top of the liquid represents the ...

FARGO — The principal of a liquid-in-glass thermometer is that the liquid inside a very narrow tube will contract and expand with temperature variation. The top of the liquid represents the ...