If you’ve been procrastinating about getting rid of that glass mercury thermometer or old prescriptions, now is the time to do it. In conjunction with National Pollution Prevention Week, a series of ...

BALTIMORE — It was one of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit’s most famous inventions, in 1714. Now, after nearly 300 years on the market, the still-common mercury thermometer appears headed for extinction.

Household thermometers and other medical devices containing mercury should be brought to government hospitals for proper disposal, Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral said on Saturday. She said they are ...