Press Release: Commission proposes to ban mercury in fever thermometers

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Series Details IP/06/193 (21.2.06)
Publication Date 21/02/2006
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The European Commission on 21 February 2006 proposed to ban the marketing of mercury in new fever and room thermometers, barometers, blood pressure gauges and manometers and sphygmomanometers. The aim of this initiative was to reduce the industrial demand for mercury and to speed up its substitution.
Source Link http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/193&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
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European Commission: DG Environment: Chemicals: Development of an EU strategy on mercury http://ec.europa.eu/comm/environment/chemicals/mercury/index.htm
European Commission: SEC(2006)194 http://ec.europa.eu/comm/enterprise/chemicals/legislation/markrestr/com_working_document_mercury.pdf
European Commission: COM(2006) 69, Proposal for a Directive ... amending Council Directive 76/769/EEC relating to restrictions on the marketing of certain measuring devices containing mercury, 21.2.06 http://ec.europa.eu/comm/enterprise/chemicals/legislation/markrestr/directive_com_2006_69_mercury.pdf
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