§ 57.20. Sale and purchase of certain mercury containing devices prohibited.

Unless otherwise permitted or provided for by state, federal or other applicable law or regulation:

(1)

No person shall sell, purchase, install or reinstall within the city any sphygmomanometer device used to measure blood pressure that contains mercury.

(2)

No person shall sell or purchase within the city a gastrointestinal device containing mercury, including any device passed into the gastrointestinal tract commonly referred to as a Miller Abbott tube, cantor tube, bougie or feeding tube.

(3)

No person shall sell or install within a commercial or residential building in the city any thermostat that contains mercury, including any device commonly used to sense and, through electrical communication with heating, cooling or ventilation equipment, control room temperature.

(4)

No person shall sell or purchase within the city any barometer device used to measure atmospheric pressure that contains mercury.

(5)

No person shall sell or purchase within the city any psychrometer device used to measure relative humidity that contains mercury.

(6)

No public or private school in Minneapolis offering kindergarten, elementary, junior high school or high school classes shall purchase any of the items prohibited by this section or any bulk elemental mercury or mercury compounds for use in classrooms. (2006-Or-041, § 1, 5-12-06)