/sustainability/taxonomy/term/540/all en /sustainability/sp0062-mercury-thermometer-exchange <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETED </strong>February 2012 - April 2012</p> <p>To this day, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ researchers continue to use mercury thermometers in their laboratories. Mercury is volatile at room temperature with vapours that are odourless, tasteless and toxic. 0.5 grams of mercury from one broken thermometer alone can detectably pollute 19 million litres of water.</p> Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:10:58 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1315 at /sustainability