Mercury: Assessment Checklist for Schools

This checklist is designed to assist in identifying and locating mercury-containing products and equipment in schools. These products are typically found in the following areas: Science Labs, Facilities, Medical Offices, Home Economics and Art Classrooms.

Please indicate from the following list, all mercury-containing items that you use and/or have in storage.

Science, Chemistry, Physics, Biology Rooms
Item	No	Yes	Use?	How Many/ How Much?	Location?
Elemental Mercury
Mercury Thermometers
Mercury Barometers
Mercury Vacuum Gauges
Hg Spectral Tubes
Mercury Molecular Motion Device
Mercury Sling Psychrometer
Mercury Compounds
Mercury oxide
Mercury (II) chloride
Mercury (II) sulfate
Mercury nitrate
Mercury iodine
Zenker's Solution
Other Mercury Materials

Facilities
Item	No	Yes	Use?	How Many/ How Much?	Location?
Fluorescent Lamps
Mercury Thermostats
Mercruy Vapor Lamps, Metal Halide Lamps, High-Pressure Vapor Sodium Lamps
Mercury Gauges
"Silent" Light Switches
Mercury Float Control Switches (e.g. on Sump Pumps)
Flow Meters with Mercury Switches
Other equipment with mercury switches (e.g. flame sensors, fire alarms, safety valves)
Older fungicides and pesticides (prior to 1991)

Medical
Item	No	Yes	Use?	How Many/ How Much?	Location?
Mercury Fever Thermometers
Sphygmomanometers (Blood Pressure Devices) - with silver liquid

Home Economics & Art
Item	No	Yes	Use?	How Many/ How Much?	Location?
Mercury Cooking Thermometer
True Vermillion Paint (contains mercuric sulfide)
Cadmium Vermillion Red

Other
Item	No	Yes	Use?	How Many/ How Much?	Location?
Mercury Oxide/Mercury Zinc Batteries (old alkaline type, prior to 1996 and button batteries)