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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Marketing the Conversion to Non-Hg Thermometers
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 17:39:40 -0500
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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Marketing the Conversion to Non-Hg Thermometers
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 23:17:02 +0000
Author: Erik A Talley

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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Marketing the Conversion to Non-Hg Thermometers
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 22:48:54 +0000
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Dan,

 

NIST offered a training tutorial regarding Alternative Thermometers and upcoming/current changes that ban the use of mercury products, http://www.nist.gov/pml/mercury_alternatives_training.cfm.  The training was last year, but the web page has a list of FAQs that you might find valuable.   The training documents can be found at this page, too.  One particular page, http://www.nist.gov/pml/upload/Organic-ITS9-Poster.pdf, includes data on organic liquid-in-glass thermometers and the uncertainties found in measurements.

 

Dawn Cross of NIST was instrumental in developing techniques to prove the accuracy of mercury alternative thermometers and reducing the use of mercury thermometers at NIST.  Her phone number is included as a contact in the web page.  I think she would visit with you about data that NIST gathered in this effort.  You can tell her that I gave you her name.

 

Sonja Ringen

Safety Specialist

Boulder Safety, Health and Environment

National Institute of Standards and Technology

325 Broadway, MC 153.02

Boulder, CO  80305

 

Work:  303-497-7389

Mobile:  303-961-9251

 

 

 

From: DCHAS-L Discussion List [mailto:dchas-l**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU] On Behalf Of Dan Blunk
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 12:46 PM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU
Subject: [DCHAS-L] Marketing the Conversion to Non-Hg Thermometers

 

Colleagues,

 

I’m looking for comparison data / recommendations I might use to assuage academic researcher anxiety with respect to swapping their mercury thermometers for spirit thermometers.

 

Reluctance to give up Hg thermometers is often rationalized by claiming spirit thermometers aren’t as accurate or aren’t appropriate for as many applications as a mercury-filled thermometer.

 

I would appreciate suggestions on where I might find performance-based support for spirit-filled thermometers.

 

I have information regarding comparisons of potential exposure health risk, spill clean-up expense and environmental contamination.

 

Thanks for your help in finding performance-based support for using spirit filled thermometers rather than mercury filled thermometers,

 

Dan

---------------------------------

Dan Blunk  PhD, REA  831.459.3541 

Environmental Programs Manager

Environmental Health & Safety Office

University of California Santa Cruz

 

 

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