I geuss my head has been in the sand on this issue, but did you guys know that mercury thermometers are no longer available? My daughter spiked a temp yesterday, and our digital one of course didn't work. So I went to several stores/pharmacies and none of them sold them because they are now "illegal" They said too many kids swallowed the mercury after biting the thermometer, which I suppose is possible, but I haven't heard of it. So I got another digital and it tells you a different temp every time you use it consecutively. So my thought is the EPA and other government "experts" believe it is better for every sick child to be subject to technology defects and innaccurate information to base their health upon instead of every half billionth kid being dumb enough to bite glass and suffering the consequences.
I might have found a source for some mercury thermometers, I hope. If so, i'm creating a stash!
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