丁香园AV EHS will swap your mercury thermometers with non-mercury alternatives for free.
丁香园AV is committed to eliminating non-essential uses of mercury and mercury-containing products. Eliminating even small amounts of mercury reduces the potential for mercury poisoning; the content of a single mercury thermometer can contaminate a twenty-acre lake. Mercury-free thermometers provide comparable accuracy and do not compromise teaching, research or patient care.
As part of this program, operable mercury thermometers can be exchanged for mercury-free alternative thermometers free of charge as specified in following exchange ratio:
| Mercury-Free Thermometer Type | VWR Cat # | Range | Exchange Ratio |
| Fisherbrand鈩� Red-Spirit鈩� No-Roll Laboratory Thermometers | 14-997 | -20掳C to +110掳C | 1:1 |
| Fisherbrand鈩� General Purpose Liquid-in-Glass Partial Immersion Thermometers | 13201555 | -10掳C to +260掳C | 1:1 |
This is a 1:1 swap (i.e. you don't get to keep your thermometer).
For thermometers with temperature ranges above 260掳C, EHS is only able to swap these thermometers with the thermometers as listed in the table above (up to 260掳C temp range). Contact labsafe@sfu.ca if you have any questions.