The mercury thermometer, long a fixture in household medicine cabinets and industrial settings, is going the way of the horse and buggy. The reason: Mercury released into the environment from a ...

The first mercury thermometer was invented in 1748 and had provided accurate (and precise) temperatures for 250 years. There's even a study showing that they are more accurate than the stupid digital ...

Becton, Dickinson & Co., the leading producer of glass mercury thermometers, did not return my phone calls. But a company spokeswoman recently told the Associated Press that the manufacturer was ...

You should avoid glass thermometers, which can break, and mercury thermometers, which are dangerous. Here are some other things to consider when choosing a thermometer. Accuracy ...

Kessler Thermometer faces almost $200,000 in penalties after inspectors determined that the West Babylon company failed to adequately protect workers who were exposed to toxic airborne mercury.

A digital meat thermometer is about as far from an old-fashioned mercury thermometer as you can get. There are two dominant technologies on the market, and neither measures the actual temperature.

In actuality, this liquid is more often alcohol than mercury. Another advantage of alcohol is that the freezing temperature of mercury is around -38F, so a mercury thermometer is not useful in ...

WEST BABYLON, N.Y. — The owner of a New York thermometer factory was sentenced Friday to three years of probation for failing to protect workers who were exposed to hazardous levels of mercury ...

Another advantage of alcohol is that the freezing temperature of mercury is around -38 degrees Fahrenheit, so a mercury thermometer is not useful in extremely cold weather.

We test thermometers for accuracy, based on their performance in comparison to a mercury thermometer, and consistency (or repeatability), meaning how much they differ from one reading to the next ...

WEST BABYLON, N.Y. (AP) — The owner of a New York thermometer factory was sentenced Friday to three years of probation for failing to protect workers who were exposed to hazardous levels of ...