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The thermometer has a small bulb filled with either mercury (in older thermometers) or alcohol (in modern ones). When the temperature rises, the liquid expands and moves up the narrow tube.

FARGO — We are coming out of a brief cold snap but this winter, so far, hasn't even come close to record cold. So far this winter we have had fewer than 10 days below 10 degrees, and Fargo hasn ...

WEST BABYLON, N.Y.-- Workers at a thermometer factory in West Babylon, New York who were exposed to airborne mercury blame their employer for "prioritizing profits over people." Their boss at the ...

Owner of Thermometer Factory Gets Probation for Exposing Workers to Mercury WEST BABYLON, N.Y. (AP) — The owner of a New York thermometer factory was sentenced Friday to three years of probation ...

“Kessler Thermometer Corp. knowingly endangered the lives and health of their employees by ignoring basic safeguards to control hazardous mercury in the workplace and failed to acknowledge its ...

He and his company, Kessler Thermometer Corp., had earlier pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment for exposing employees to mercury. The charges stemmed from an Aug. 29, 2022, mercury spill at ...

The owner of a West Babylon company that makes thermometers was sentenced to 3 years probation on Friday for failing to protect workers who were exposed to airborne mercury. Robert Peyser ...

Mercury thermometers are no longer used because mercury is a toxic ... This will make them shiver and can make the temperature go higher. Never use alcohol baths or wipes because the alcohol can be ...