Another advantage of alcohol is that the freezing temperature of mercury is around -38F, so a mercury thermometer is not ...

During in-house tests on popular clinical thermometers (mercury and digital) has found at least 16 popular brands to be inaccurate in calibration. In a shocking revelation, the Consumer Education ...

Testers compare the devices to a mercury thermometer in the labs ... which costs around $60, and the Alcedo Digital ...

All over the world they have stopped using mercury and use only digital thermometers.' Asked what the proper procedure would be to clean spilled mercury, Agarwal said a syringe should be used to ...

SFU EHS will swap your mercury thermometers with non-mercury alternatives for free. Simon Fraser University is committed to eliminating non-essential uses of mercury and mercury-containing products.

Medically reviewed by Kimberly Brown, MD Learning how to use a rectal thermometer is essential if you have children younger ...

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 ...

Narrator Choose the right thermometer… Digital thermometers like this one ... DON'T use a glass mercury thermometer because they've been known to break. Wash the thermometer off before using ...

Mercury is toxic to the touch and would be dangerous should the thermometer bulb break. Another advantage of alcohol is that the freezing temperature of mercury is around -38F, so a mercury ...