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25 November 2002
City of San Francisco and UCSF announce Mercury Thermometer Exchange Program
The City and County of San Francisco and UCSF have established a free mercury thermometer exchange program for the community. The program has been instituted to reduce mercury thermometer use because of the dangers of mercury which is a bioaccumulative and toxic pollutant.
UCSF’s Millberry Union Bookstore will be the permanent location for the public to exchange mercury thermometers for free digital thermometers. The MU Bookstore is open Monday-Friday from 8 am-6 pm and Saturday from 10 am-5 pm.
There will be an official inauguration of the Mercury Thermometer Exchange Program, as follows:
WHEN: 10 am
WHERE: Millberry Union Bookstore, 500 Parnassus Ave., SF
DATE: Tuesday, December 3
AGENDA:
10 am Welcome and Introductions Eugene Lau, Director, UCSF Environmental Health and Safety
10:05 am Jack McGurk, Chief Environmental Management Branch California Department of Public Health
10:10 am Jared Blumenfeld Department of the Environment City and County of San Francisco
10:15 am San Francisco Supervisor Sophie Maxwell 10:20 am Award from California Health Care Without Harm
10:25 am Mercury thermometer exchange
NOTE: Media Representatives are invited to attend. For more information or to schedule interviews, contact Twink Stern at UCSF News Services, (415) 476-2557 or via email (tstern@pubaff.ucsf.edu.)
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