Earlier this year, Vermont ran a trade-in program. Bring us your old, your poor, your outmoded mercury laden thermometers, the state advertised, and we will give you a FREE digital thermometer in exchange. The state was worried that someone would drop a mercury unit and poison the environment or bite the end off one and be poisoned personally. I want it noted for the record that I had never broken a mercury thermometer until I dropped ours on the way to the pharmacy to exchange it. We now have a brand new digital fever thermometer with a lifetime guarantee (what, theyre going to give me my money back?), a soft and flexible tip for added comfort, a built-in beeper, and a fast, easy to read display. The package also included the following label: This digital fever thermometer contains a replaceable button battery which should last for many years. Button batteries contain a very small amount of mercury ...
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 16:17:30 +0000