Office of Research Facilities
     
skip to content
  
  
Empty Image ORF Home  Phone Directory  About ORF  Maintenance Requests  Construction Requests  Chemical Waste Service Requests  For NIH Staff Only  Contact Us  

  
View a printer-friendly version of this page  Printer Friendly  
  
Environment: title over image of the green banks of a creek and stone bridge    Protecting and enhancing the NIH environment   

NIH Mercury-Free Campaign


 Mad as a Hatter? Join Our Campaign for a Mercury Free NIH

 

Mercury is a dangerous, often unrecognized hazard, commonly found at work, home and schools. The Campaign for a Mercury Free NIH seeks to eliminate all unnecessary uses of mercury in the NIH facilities; encourage use of safer alternatives in biomedical research; increase general awareness of mercury hazards; and prevent mercury spills and pollution.

NIH-Wide Restrictions on Mercury

The purchase, use, and disposal of mercury is regulated at NIH. Employees must follow NIH Policy Manual 3033-Procurement, Use, and Disposal of Mercury and its Compounds. The purchase of mercury, mercury containing equipment, etc., require a written justification submitted to the Division of Environmental Protection for approval.

Resources and Information

    Assistance with Mercury Spills 
    
    Mercury Health Hazards

    
Mercury Contamination in Facilities

    Q's and A's

    Additional Information

    Assistance at NIH

    Why at NIH?

 


For questions concerning the content of this website contact our campaign director. Please do not send communications to this website concerning personal medical  or dental issues relating to mercury.  Because of restrictions in the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C  552a) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, (HIPAA) (Public Law 104- 191) this website cannot receive, transmit or store protected information.


 




This page last updated on Oct 24, 2012