http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2001/02/21/mercury-legislation.aspxLawmakers from both major parties have introduced legislation in the New York Assembly and New York State Senate that would ban thermometers, fluorescent lights and other products that contain mercury, in order to cut the amount of it entering sewersenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)