Did You Know…

Posted by on May 1, 2012 in Brite Ideas News, Products | Comments Off on Did You Know… An important factor in mercury recycling is its impact on demand for new, virgin resources mined from the earth. As companies are compelled to remove mercury from their products (or lessen the amount needed), and current supplies of mercury are properly reused, countries have begun to collect surplus supplies of elemental mercury. According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP),...
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Instruments And Solutions In the Health Care Field That May Contain Mercury

Posted by on Apr 26, 2012 in Brite Ideas News, Products | Comments Off on Instruments And Solutions In the Health Care Field That May Contain Mercury Gastrointestinal tubes (e.g. bougies, feeding tubes, cantor tubes and esophageal dilators) Various thermometers (incubators, laboratory and fever) Sphygmomanometers (blood pressure devices) Pressure gauges (e.g. barometers, manometers, vacuum gauges, x-ray tubes and heating pad tilt switches) Pharmaceutical supplies (e.g. vaccines with thimerosal, early pregnancy kits with mercury containing...
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Products That May Contain Mercury

Posted by on Apr 26, 2012 in Brite Ideas News, Products | Comments Off on Products That May Contain Mercury Thermostats Thermometers with silver bulbs All fluorescent and HID lamps, some neon lamps and “bug zappers” Batteries: mercuric oxide and some alkaline batteries Various switches and relays in electronics (e.g. clothes’ irons, curling irons, computers, cellular/portable phones, sump pumps and some appliance lid lights) Pilot light flame sensors Gauges (e.g. barometers,...
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