elemental mercury News
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New EPA assessment highlights effective mercury-free alternatives
There are alternatives to mercury, according to a just-released preliminary assessment of the uses of elemental mercury in a number of products. The Environmental Protection Agency has concluded that switches, relays, button cell batteries, non-fever thermometers, and measuring devices, such as thermostats, don’t have to contain mercury. Under the Chemical Assessment and Management Program, EPA ...
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Calculate Suction Lift Pressure
Explains basic formula format, discusses elements; Inches of Mercury and Conversion Factor from inches of Mercury to Feet of Head Pressure and finally requests subscribing and interacting. View "Calculate Suction Lift Pressure" Video on ...
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ERM-AE671: A new CRM to make mercury measurements in food more reliable
JRC scientists developed a new certified reference material (CRM) to improve the accuracy of methylmercury measurements in food. This CRM (ERM-AE671) consists of isotopically labelled methylmercury with certified values for the isotopic composition. Used as internal standard, it will make the measurements of methylmercury more accurate. Regulation 466/2001/EC sets limits for the total mercury ...
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Don’t mess with mercury
As part of Children’s Health month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry today launched its “Don’t Mess with Mercury” video in an effort to protect children from the dangers of mercury. The EPA responds to numerous mercury spills every year that are primarily caused by children playing with mercury. The EPA’s cost for cleanup can ...
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Understanding Mercury
What is Mercury? Mercury (Hg) is a naturally occurring chemical element found in three forms: elemental (metallic) mercury, inorganic mercury, and organic mercury. Elemental mercury is a shiny, silver-white liquid metal at room temperature, often referred to as quicksilver. It evaporates into invisible, odourless, and toxic mercury vapor. Inorganic mercury results from mercury combining with ...
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Mercury-resistant bacteria useful for studying toxic metal cycling
Mercury-resistant bacteria could help scientists to understand more about mercury cycling in the environment. In a new study, researchers identified one particular strain of soil bacterium that could serve as a model for the conversion of the toxic metal into less toxic forms. They also discovered a new gene involved in the conversion process. Bacteria play an important role in the cycling of ...
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US signs major mercury protection bill into law
Tthe President has signed into law critical legislation that will help protect Americans and people around the world from mercury poisoning by banning the export of elemental mercury from the United States, according to scientists and policy experts at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). “Today we have won a momentous victory for public health that will save lives both here and abroad,” ...
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Major mercury protection law passes congress, will prevent exports
Critical legislation that will help protect Americans and people around the world from mercury poisoning by banning the export of elemental mercury from the United States was recently passed by Congress, according to scientists and policy experts at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The new law, called the Mercury Market Minimization Act (S.906), puts an end to the cycle of poison ...
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Mercury conversion - a challenge for the chlor alkali industry in Europe
The phasing out of the mercury cell technology by the end of 2017. the export ban of mercury outside of the EU and the European regulations regarding the safe disposal of the surplus mercury are challenging the European Chlor Alkali industry. Interim solutions, such as the temporary storage of mercury are very costly because of special landfill regulations. Because of irregularities in the past ...
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Mercury incident at Banks, Oregon home requires EPA emergency cleanup
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has completed an emergency cleanup of elemental mercury at a residential home in Banks, Oregon. EPA worked closely with state and local authorities to complete the cleanup and ensure that public health and the environment were not harmed. On April 16, EPA received a request for assistance from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality concerning a ...
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Safe mercury disposal?
For the second time in the last 9 months, econ industries have successfully completed a mercury stabilization project. Already in mid-2018, econ successfully neutralized excess mercury at a chlor-alkali electrolysis site in Eastern Europe. The neutralized material was subsequently disposed of in an ordered and professional manner, in-keeping with all recognised protocols. The second campaign also ...
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Updated Information on Chlor-Alkali Superfund Site in Berlin, N.H.; Public Community Meeting will be Thurs. May 29
EPA and New Hampshire Dept. of Environmental Services will hold a Public Informational Meeting at Berlin City Hall in Berlin, N.H. on May 29. The meeting, which is open to all, will give community residents an update on environmental site investigations, and provide an opportunity for the public to obtain information and ask questions about environmental cleanup activities related to the ...
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Mercury Thermostat Collection Act
Mercury Thermostat Collection Act New waste management requirements are going into effect this year for wall-mounted, mercury-switch thermostats that are replaced or removed from service from buildings in the state. The law is among several in Illinois designed to keep mercury out of the environment. Illinois banned the sale of mercury-switch thermostats after July 1, 2006, but thousands ...
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Mercury incident at Yakima home requires EPA emergency cleanup
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has completed an emergency cleanup of elemental mercury at a residential home in the South 15th Ave. and Nob Hill neighborhood of Yakima, Washington. EPA worked closely with Yakima Health District and the Washington State Department of Ecology to complete the cleanup and ensure that public health and the environment were not harmed. An EPA contractor in ...
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EPA will propose rule to protect waterways by reducing mercury from dental offices / existing technology is available to capture dental mercury (DC)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced it intends to propose a rule to reduce mercury waste from dental offices. Dental amalgams, or fillings containing mercury, account for 3.7 tons of mercury discharged from dental offices each year. The mercury waste results when old mercury fillings are replaced with new ones. The mercury in dental fillings is flushed into chair-side ...
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EPA completes cleanup of mercury spill in santurce, Puerto Rico
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has completed emergency response activities following two mercury spills in Santurce, Puerto Rico. EPA is warning parents and the public not to keep mercury at home and to exercise caution when faced with accidental spills of mercury. The most recent incident began January 25, 2011 at the Fedrecio Asenjo Middles School in Santurce’s Barrio Obrero ...
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Mercury pollution abatement by VacuDry® reaches a new peak with the highest soil remediation job in the world
Mercury pollution continues to present a significant risk to the environment and human health globally. econ industries is proud to help address this issue. For more than 15 years our equipment treated mercury contaminated soils and waste all over Europe using our VacuDry® technology. This technology enables us to safely separate mercury from wastes and stabilize, if required, the pure ...
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Vapor Intrusion Dangers Exposed in New Online Video
Today, the IAQ Video Network and Cochrane & Associates announced the release of their latest online video. The video is about vapor intrusion and the health hazards for building occupants exposed to short and long-term exposures. Vapor intrusion is the process by which chemicals migrate to the indoor air above a contaminated site. Vapor intrusion generally occurs when there is movement of ...
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Mercury pollution abatement by VacuDry reaches a new peak with the highest soil remediation job in the world
Are contaminated soils and mercury waste a topic for you? Have the high investment cost of large equipment prevented you from addressing the issue? Maybe a mobile unit is the right solution for your project? Find out more about our project in India… Mercury pollution continues to present a significant risk to the environment and human health globally. econ industries is proud to help ...
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Jerome Mercury Detection – Innovation Across the Globe
Arizona Instrument’s line of Jerome® toxic gas analyzers is designed to provide accurate and reliable data in compact, rugged and easy to use packages. Our patented gold film sensor technology in particular is referenced in countless other patents dealing with mercury waste and removal, just some of which are listed below. Jerome is a trusted standard when it comes to mercury ...
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