The federal government is proposing new rules that would ban the manufacture, import, and sale of most mercury-containing products in Canada.Thank goodness the get to keep their mercury thermometers, manometers, and barometers. I wonder if any modern Canadian money can be coated with metallic Hg the way we used to be able to do it with silver dimes.
The new regulations are designed to reduce the amount of mercury entering the environment in Canada.
Some mercury-containing products will still be allowed to be manufactured and imported. These include scientific instruments, dental fillings and fluorescent lamps. But there will be limits on the amount of mercury allowed in different types of fluorescent lamps.
"These proposed regulations would eliminate about 4.5 tonnes of mercury in products currently entering the Canadian marketplace each year," Environment Minister Peter Kent said in a statement released on Monday.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Canada To Ban Products Containing Mercury
CFLs, Dental Fillings, Scientific Instruments Exempted
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Im so happy they are still manufacturing mercury filled fillings!! I am about to have four of those Canadian babies removed and replaced actually. Thanks Canada lol!
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