Do you still use mercury thermometer at home?

Hi des,
We still use the mercury thermometer,at the moment my daughter has a fever and my wife monitors her body temperature.Good Evening!!!!

Yup I do! But I'm really really careful in handling it. I know its dangerous that's why I keep it in a safe place and I wrap it with cloth so that if ever it falls down it will not break, hopefully.

Is digital thermometer reliable? What if the battery is low will it still give the correct temperature or it affects the thermometers from functioning properly.

Yes I using .. but now i will take care thanks for information.

Hello my friend djoyce71 Ji,
Though, I have been using since my child-hood and even I keep all the time even during journey. But it is a hazardous and can cause any problem to any one. Now only I realize its imporatnce in case it get broken . Further you may log on:
http://www.co.missoula.mt...

which says:
Mercury is a toxic substance that can pollute air and water. A broken mercury thermometer can create hazardous levels of mercury vapor in confined spaces indoors, and can contaminate air, water, fish and wildlife when disposed of improperly! According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the mercury in one fever thermometer can contaminate an entire 20-acre lake, and render any fish there inedible. Mercury fever thermometers add an estimated 4.3 tons of mercury to the environment every year. While they are certainly not the major source of mercury, they are among the easiest sources to eliminate because the mercury in them is easily recovered and recycled, and there are many inexpensive and accurate alternatives. Fluorescent lamps also contain small amounts of mercury, but studies show that their energy efficiency advantage over incandescent lamps saves more mercury from fossil-fuel electric generation than it creates (NRDC, 2003). This advantage is even greater if fluorescent lamps are recycled*. Fossil fuel power plants are the single greatest source of mercury pollution in the environment.

To help reduce the mercury threat in your home & community, you can dispose of your old mercury fever thermometer at Haz Waste Days, and receive a coupon good for a free digital thermometer (up to 2 free thermometers per household). Mercury thermometers are glass, and have a silver temperature display column.

*Recycle fluorescent lamps inexpensively at Palmer Electric throughout the year, and at a reduced cost during Haz Waste Days.

Then what is alternatives. Please do advise. have a nice time.

Oh thak you for this tip. Maybe I will really buy a digital one because I am still using the mercury thermometer which I have kept safely in the medicine cabinet. Come to think of it, I've not been using it for years so it shows that no members of the family have been sick for long time already. Wow, that is a great blessing! But still I will take your advice, I really need to buy a digital one.

When necessary, yes I do. Otherwise I just use the back of my hand. We just have to take care and so far so good. No more babes at home now.

Hi djoyce
Well the hearts blinks are always attractive with you...
i too seen my uncle keeping therometer in home but he is assisstant to a doctor so he checks our health too and keeping therometer causually is always dangerous in home as kids used to take themselves without our knowledge which is so dangerous. so the clinical things to be handled by experst,thats my idea.

Yes my family still use mercury thermometer, because it is very cheap and convenience. It only cost $0.15 in my country . But a digital thermometer can cost$10 or more .And my family don't have kid till now .

No. Most every thermometer I see now a days is electronic. I'm a paramedic and we use a digital ear thermometer in the trucks. It's quicker than waiting half a minute for a glass thermometer to measure or something like that.

I used to have the mercury thermometer before when my daughter was still newly born until she goes to school.But now shes already on her teens i don't have one anymore but yes we have the digital one.You are right it is more convenient and much easier to use.