Re: *ist complete specifications

[Juey Chong Ong]

I think they're trying to get rid of them. e.g. In Hudson County, NJ, 
residents can bring their mercury-based fever thermometers to the 
municipal recycling program and exchange them for electronic ones.

On Friday, February 21, 2003, at 08:29 PM, Peter Alling wrote:

I've seen them for sale.  Manufacture is probably restricted in some 
way.

At 01:26 PM 2/21/2003 +1000, Rob Studdert wrote:
> I don't think so, mercury switches are probably banned here in 
North America.
> North of the Rio Grande at least.

Mercury thermometers too?