CDC: Antiques can pose mercury hazard (Boston Globe)
Careful with that antique clock. It could pose a mercury hazard. The silvery, skittering, and toxic liquid can be found in some antiques. Mirrors can be backed with mercury and tin; Clock pendulums might be weighted with embedded vials of mercury; and barometers, thermometers and lamps may have mercury in their bases for ballast....more...Auction house gets new place (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Cowan's Auctions, owned by Wes Cowan of "History Detectives" on PBS, plans to move from its headquarters in the East End near Lunken Airport to a 27,000-square-foot building in Elmwood Place....more... CDC: Antiques Can Pose Mercury Hazard (The San Francisco Examiner)
(AP Photo/Mike Groll) A circa 1835 English made barometer hangs on a wall in an office in Albany, N.Y., Monday, June 18, 2007. Mercury - that silvery, skittery goo aptly called quicksilver - can pose a problem for antique owners, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control....more... |