United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 42. THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
Chapter 137. MANAGEMENT OF RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES AND BATTERIES CONTAINING MERCURY |
SubChapter III. MANAGEMENT OF BATTERIES CONTAINING MERCURY |
§ 14332. Limitations on sale of alkaline-manganese batteries containing mercury
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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.