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Mercury Products and Sources
Mercury has been used in a variety of household, medical, and electrical devices, as well as in industrial applications.
See the links below for many sources of mercury.
Electrical Equipment and Measuring Devices
Switches and Relays
| Auto Switches |
Lamps/ Light Bulbs |
Thermostats
Thermometers
| Barometers and Altimeters
| Dairy Manometers
Historical Uses for Mercury in Washington
Older Mercury-containing Equipment
Dental Waste
Industrial Sources of Mercury
Mercury from Mining is about current mining. For legacy mines, see
Historical Uses of Mercury.
Mercury from Power Plants
discusses Washington's one coal-fired power plant.
Mercury in Sewage Sludge/Biosolids
discusses mercury measurements at sewage treatment works
Mercury from Incinerators
Related information
Mercury Identification in Washington State Manufacturing is a 62-page pdf report on mercury in Washington manufacturing with suggested non-mercury alternatives.
Materials Flow for Mercury in the United States
is a publication from the United States Geological Survey.
Table of Products That May Contain Mercury and Recommended Management Options
from the Environmental Protection Agency
Dental Amalgam from the US Food and Drug Administration
Fact Sheet - Mercury Use in Dental Amalgam
from the Interstate Mercury Education and Reduction
Clearinghouse (IMERC)
Mercury Partnerships - Hospitals
Mercury Topic Hub™ from the Pollution Prevention
Resource Exchange offers pollution prevention resources for
mercury.
