Edward Parker’s Lavatools Javelin Pro cooking thermometer is broken, and the company says it will fix it under its warranty. So why isn’t it fixed? Q: My Lavatools Javelin Pro cooking thermometer ...

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 broken ...

Broken thermometers are the cause of numerous calls to the Poison Center. Thermometers with a silver line contain elemental mercury. Thermometers with a red or blue liquid do NOT contain mercury.

MONROE (AP) - Hazardous materials crews have been called to deal with a box of broken thermometers found in a metal trash bin at a Michigan hospital. Monroe Police Sgt. Charles McCormick IV told The ...

DETROIT (WWJ) - A broken thermometer has caused a hazardous material situation at the Detroit Water and Sewerage Treatment plant. Just after 8 a.m. a thermometer either fell onto the floor or was ...