29 May
2010
29 May
'10
1:16 p.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
Consdiiering the idfiot EU Bureaucrats have banned mercury-in-glass
thermometers (I believe), I might just have to :-(
I'm sorry I have to take issue with this, in what way is banning the use
of a (resonably large amount) of hazadous material (Mercury) a bad thing ?
Especially when it can be replaced with a non/less hazadous replacement
that can do the job just as well.
And yes there is Mercury in other household things CFL bulbs for
example, but it is at a much lower concentration and cannot easily be
replaced by a less hazadous substance that can do the job as well.
Phill.
--
Phill Harvey-Smith, Programmer, Hardware hacker, and general eccentric !
"You can twist perceptions, but reality won't budge" -- Rush.
And the mercury in my thermometer is frozen anyway...
You should replace the obsolete piece of junk with a new digital one.