EAGLE COUNTY – Mercury is dangerous stuff if allowed to roam free. This month in Eagle County is dedicated to rounding up as much of the stuff as possible before it does any damage.Local fire stations ...

A single mercury-filled thermometer can pollute 5 million gallons of water. A campaign starting this week will provide free non-mercury thermometers to residents who want to get rid of their old ...

WESTPORT -- Mercury rose in old-style thermometers to indicate a fever. Today thermometers measure the body's temperature digitally. That leaves many a household in a quandary as to what to do with ...

With the digital age come, well, digital things. Among them are digital thermometers, which are easier to read and, public health officials say, safer. With old mercury thermometers on the cusp of ...

Oberursel, Germany, November 3, 2010 -- Messko, a division of Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH, has long been known for its reliable and long-lasting products. In late 2009, this claim became a proven ...

As much as we’d like to have the right tools for the right job all of the time, sometimes our parts drawers have other things in mind. After all, what’s better than buying a new tool than building one ...

Earlier this week, an indoor/outdoor thermometer that had supplied the daily highs and lows for more than 30 years finally gave it up. It was so old (HOW OLD WAS IT ...

Infrared thermometers that take a person's temperature with a sweep of the forehead may not be as accurate as old-fashioned measures, a study suggests. The devices, known as temporal thermometers or ...

Dear Action Line: What are you supposed to do with mercury waste? My grandparents still have the old-style mercury thermometers. Isn't mercury dangerous? -- M.C., Tulsa. Mercury is very dangerous. Old ...