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42 U.S.C. § 14332 — Limitations on sale of alkaline-manganese batteries containing mercury

submitted 30 years ago by Pub. L. 104-142 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 63 words · no verdicts yet

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No one may sell or offer for sale an alkaline-manganese battery made on or after May 13, 1996, if mercury was deliberately added to it. The one exception: alkaline-manganese button cells may have up to 25 milligrams of mercury each.

No person may sell, offer for sale, or offer for promotional purposes any alkaline-manganese battery manufactured on or after May 13, 1996, if it has mercury content that was intentionally added — as opposed to mercury that happens to be present incidentally in other materials. The one exception: an alkaline-manganese button cell may contain up to 25 milligrams of mercury per cell.
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No person shall sell, offer for sale, or offer for promotional purposes any alkaline-manganese battery manufactured on or after May 13, 1996, with a mercury content that was intentionally introduced (as distinguished from mercury that may be incidentally present in other materials), except that the limitation on mercury content in alkaline-manganese button cells shall be 25 milligrams of mercury per button cell.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 104–142, title II, § 203, May 13, 1996, 110 Stat. 1336.)

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  • 1996Enacted · Pub. L. 104-142 · 110 Stat. 1336

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 104-142 on 1996-05-13.

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