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Cleaning Up Small Mercury Spills Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
Guidelines for the Safe Clean-up of Mercury Spilled in the Home New Jersey Department of Health
Mercury in Atlantic Canada: A Progress Report Environment Canada
Mercury in Massachusetts - An Evaluation of Sources, Emissions, Impacts and Controls Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
Mercury Study Report to Congress United States Environmental Protection Agency
Mercury Spill Information and Cleanup Guidance Indiana Department of Environmental Management
Metal Ions in Biological Systems: Mercury and its Effects on Environment and Biology. Volume 34. Editors A. Sigel and H. Sigel. Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, New York. 1997.
Methylmercury in Canada: Exposure of First Nations and Inuit Residents to Methylmercury in the Canadian Environment - Volume 3 Health Canada
Northeast States and Eastern Canadian Provinces Mercury Study The Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network
Pollution Prevention Fact Sheet #21 Environment Canada, Ontario Region
Status of Mercury in Canada - Report #2: A Background Report to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation North American Task Force on Mercury Environment Canada
Toxicological Effects of Methylmercury The National Academy of Sciences
Compact Fluorescent Lamps Duro-Test Lighting
Lighting: High-intensity Discharge Lamps Florida Power and Light
Gas Furnace, Flame Sensor and Thermocouple Questions and Answers G&S Mechanical Services
Galligan, C., G. Morose & J. Giordani. 2002. An Investigation of alternatives to mercury containing products. Lowell Center for Sustainable Production. University of Massachusetts, Lowell.
Reducing Mercury Great Lakes Binational Toxics Strategy (GLBTS)
The Low Pressure Sodium Lamp Lamptech
Mercury Displacement Relay Application Data Magnecraft & Struthers-Dunn
Mercury Switches in Appliances, Final Report, Presented to MA DEP by Charles Ransom Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MA DEP)
MDI Relays, Price Quote Form Mercury Displacement Industries Incorporated (MDI)
Mercury Program Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
Auto Mercury Switch Removal New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC)
Mercury in buildings; what devices contain mercury Purdue University
Raising Awareness About Mercury Manometers: Pollution Prevention Fact Sheet Number 88 State of Ohio EPA
Amounts of Mercury in Hospital Equipment Sustainable Hospitals Project, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production
Mercury-filled esophageal devices University of Michigan
Southworth, G.R., S.E. Lindberg & M.A. Bogle. 2005. Airborne emissions of mercury from municipal solid waste. II: potential losses of airborne mercury before landfill. J. Air & Waste Manage. Assoc. 55:870-877.
Mercury Emissions from the Disposal of Fluorescent Lamps, Revised Model United States Environmental Protection Agency
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