Do you still used the "mercury" type thermometer?

I have still the old one and using it. I am very careful using this mercury type for health reason. Your topic is timely and informative. Have a niece day.

lolz. so you're waiting for a reward. well, you got a point there. you bought the thermometer and you just cant give it away just like that. anyways, i do have a mercury thermometer at home and i guess it's more reliable than those digital types. when the battery weakens, then of course the reading is not reliable. so i think id stick to the old type.

I have a mercury one but I don't like them at all. I try to never have to use it. That is why I also have 2 digital ones. Which are safer and way easier to use and probably more accurate then the other mercury ones.

I have one but I have not been using it for centuries. Nobody in our family has gotten fever for such a long time already. My goodness it is only now that I realized that I have been blessed with a very healthy family! I don't know if I would take time to handover that old thermometer to the government. Maybe just like you, if indeed they will give a replacement then I would ask somebody to surrender it for me. At any rate I am not using it for long time and knowing the danger of this kind of thermometer then I would not be using it for life. I would just discard it myself.

Hi Letran, I am working with in clinic in metro manila (we have 4 branches in MM)with two other branches in cebu and davao. all our clinics are not anymore using the mercury type of thermometor. we are using the new one. the digital thermometer. the one that you put on the ear and then wait for the the sound to check the temperature.

I still use them because its the only thing available here in my country. I have never heard that the government is going to get it and replace it with something more advance. We are still using that kind of thermometers in our hospitals too. You are right that it can cause some diseases but we just dont have a choice.

I don't have any, but I would give it away with pleasure for my own safety. My reward is my good heath and body free from poison.

Nah, it's because of neglect that people get poisoned. We've been using mercury thermometers and mercury blood pressure apparatus in our family for well over a generation - since most are medical practitioners. Nobody got sick nor were poisoned. The best type of measuring tool is mercury because of its accuracy and because it doesn't need batteries (which too could be poisonous if left there to rot). It's just a precaution that states that we're just too negligent and stupid unlike our past generations. I think that's like the other rulings that we have these days that aren't really practical. Mercury thermometers last a lifetime, digital ones fail when you need them the most. Mercury is one of the few elemental substances that is liquid at room temperature. Like all substances, mercury linearly expands as temperature increases. Coupling these two properties, a thermometer is formed. By confining the mercury to a container of known dimensions, one can determine the ambient temperature based on how much volume a constant mass of mercury occupies. Because mercury expands very little relative to daily temperature changes, the cross section of thermometers must be small enough to accentuate this change in volume.

I knew instantly that you are from the Philippines without checking your profile. :) It was in the news indeed because of the negative effect of the mercury when it's broken. I wonder why did they show the news only at this time when DOH knew for the very fact that mercury is dangerous. I have broken several thermometer already in the past which means that I had that negative effect already? Anyway, we've been using the digital thing also for quite some time now.

we still use the mercury type thermometer just because we do not know about the banning of its use. soon, we will get rid of it and replace it with digital.

Yes I still using it. That is my old thermometer which very useful when we need to get our temperature. Anyway there is no kids in our house so I don't have to worry that it will be harmful to us. If this thermometer broke I'll do not buy again the mercury type of thermometer. I better change into digital one. Thanks and have a nice day!

We still use the mercury type, cause the digital is quite expensive compared to the mercury type.. I think it's only hazardous once it the glass breaks..so I'm just going to make sure that it won't break. Hehehehe. Maybe one of these days though, I'm going to have to buy me a digital thermometer.. Though, if I remember it right, the government said that you should not just put it to trash, cause there is special handling for the mercury.. So I'm not sure how I'm going to get rid of it.

I have one that is hanging outside my window so I know whats the temperature like outdoors before I go out. I dont see what harm it can do, I wont break it. As for thermometer for human temperature, no its a digital one. Not sure if it has mercury or not as Ive never opened it to look inside!! I wouldnt hand my thermometers in to any government agencies. They came out with some new light bulbs that are full of mercury. Its an oximoron as far as Im concerned and hypocritical!!

I do own one but i wasn't able to use it again. My son doesn't want it put on his underarm so i just bought a digital thermometer...the one that you could just put on forehead for just few seconds. Its more convenient and easy to use....

we have two types of thermometer at home. one is the digital and the other is ther one with thermometer. my wife is not sure with the digital ones but she uses it if our son has fever and is very moody that it gets hard to get a temperature.... but she still uses the one with mercury for she said it was accurate. i didnt saw that news that you are reffering but a big question is in my head. why now only? we are using these type for ages or decades ago. it is funny that they now only realize that this caused complications?

Hi. I never really thought how dangerous it is until I read your post. I still use the mercury type of thermometer. I guess it is better to switch to another type. The one that is safer to use.

I have one and I don't see how can you get poisoned with it. The mercury is in the inside, so it's difficult that it will come out, and I never put it on my mouth because of hygiene, so there are 0 possibilities to die because of using it. The new ones are funny to see, but I don't mind using one kind or another.

Hi, I have two types of thermometer at home. One is "mercury" and other is "digital" type. Best,

I kinda like the mercury thermometer because I find it accurate than those digital ones but yeah it has a disadvantage when it comes to health. Might as well turn them over. If the Department of Health is really serious about this then they should put up banners already in hospitals so that medical teams can put together all those mercury thermometer and submit it to them. I have 2 thermometers by the way. The mercury and the digital.

Hi... I am a medical practitioner who do not use mercurial thermometer since i have studying with my course which is nursing. From our duties and community based practice we are using a digital thermometer especially to children and newborns. based form study, a 1 drop of mercury could harm you are even kill you in just a minute because of its chemical content and effect on you body. Therefore, our government already banned using mercurial thermometer to health centers and hospital for patient's safety. And now, in my work, i am still using digital thermometer even though some medical practitioner that it is only 95% accurate compare to mercurial thermometer. So i advise to those people and some of our patients to refrain from using mercurial thermometer instead, a digital one.