{"id":10778,"date":"2016-09-29T21:56:09","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T21:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.belart.com\/corporate\/?p=10778"},"modified":"2016-09-29T21:58:02","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T21:58:02","slug":"mercury-exchange-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.belart.com\/corporate\/mercury-exchange-program\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;ll Do the Dirty Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel-grid\" id=\"pg-10778-0\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\" ><div style=\"background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; height: auto;\" class=\"panel-row-style\" ><div class='panel-grid-cell-container'><div class=\"panel-grid-cell\" id=\"pgc-10778-0-0\" ><div class=\"panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce black-studio-tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" id=\"panel-10778-0-0-0\" style=\"\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6388 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.belart.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumbnail.jpeg\" alt=\"thumbnail\" width=\"600\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.belart.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumbnail.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.belart.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumbnail-300x70.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"panel-grid\" id=\"pg-10778-1\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\" ><div style=\"background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; height: auto;\" class=\"panel-row-style\" ><div class='panel-grid-cell-container'><div class=\"panel-grid-cell\" id=\"pgc-10778-1-0\" ><div class=\"panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce black-studio-tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" id=\"panel-10778-1-0-0\" style=\"\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Pretty. \u00a0Dangerous.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #690ec4;\"><strong>Mercury:<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #690ec4;\"><strong>Closest planet to the sun<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #690ec4;\"><strong>Roman God<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #690ec4;\"><strong>Former car company<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #690ec4;\"><strong>Chemical element<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #690ec4;\"><strong>Toxic substance<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #690ec4;\"><strong>Though the name has been used for many types of things, the element itself has been used throughout history in a multitude of applications, including paint, cosmetics, firearms, even dental fillings which are still used today. Keep reading to learn more about this unique but toxic liquid metal!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"panel-grid\" id=\"pg-10778-2\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\" ><div style=\"background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; height: auto;\" class=\"panel-row-style\" ><div class='panel-grid-cell-container'><div class=\"panel-grid-cell\" id=\"pgc-10778-2-0\" ><div class=\"panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce black-studio-tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" id=\"panel-10778-2-0-0\" style=\"\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li>Mercury was used in Roman times as pigment in paint, a practice which continued all the way until 1991 (although as time went on it was used more as a fungicide rather than for color).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>People once considered the liquid, silvery mercury to be so special that it had to have healing powers. They used it to treat everything from syphilis to parasites to simple cuts and scrapes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Ever heard the phrase \"mad as a hatter\"? This comes from the mercury poisoning that many hat-makers suffered from using mercuric nitrate as a way to soften the felt used in hat making. 'Mad hatters' suffered slurred speech, tremors, and sometimes hallucinations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"panel-grid-cell\" id=\"pgc-10778-2-1\" ><div class=\"panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce black-studio-tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" id=\"panel-10778-2-1-0\" style=\"\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10779 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.belart.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/mercury-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Image:  Mercury Bottle\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.belart.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/mercury-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.belart.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/mercury.jpg 502w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"panel-grid\" id=\"pg-10778-3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\" ><div style=\"background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; height: auto;\" class=\"panel-row-style\" ><div class='panel-grid-cell-container'><div class=\"panel-grid-cell\" id=\"pgc-10778-3-0\" ><div class=\"panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce black-studio-tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" id=\"panel-10778-3-0-0\" style=\"\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>How are you going to safely dispose of your mercury thermometers?<br \/>\nPurchase Enviro-Safe thermometers and let us recycle your mercury for <strong>FREE<\/strong> with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.belart.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/H-B-Instrument-Mercury-Exchange-Program.pdf?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=merc-xchange\" target=\"_blank\">Mercury Exchange Program<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"panel-grid\" id=\"pg-10778-4\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\" ><div style=\"background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; height: auto;\" class=\"panel-row-style\" ><div class='panel-grid-cell-container'><div class=\"panel-grid-cell\" id=\"pgc-10778-4-0\" ><div class=\"panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce black-studio-tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" id=\"panel-10778-4-0-0\" style=\"\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10782\" src=\"https:\/\/www.belart.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/mercury-thermometers.jpg\" alt=\"Image:  Mercury Exchange Thermometers\" width=\"266\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"panel-grid-cell\" id=\"pgc-10778-4-1\" ><div class=\"panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce black-studio-tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" id=\"panel-10778-4-1-0\" style=\"\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li>Free, safe disposal of your old, unbroken mercury thermometers<\/li>\n<li>New, high-accuracy thermometers with environmentally friendly fill that can be used in place of spirit or mercury filled thermometers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"panel-grid\" id=\"pg-10778-5\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\" ><div style=\"background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; height: auto;\" class=\"panel-row-style\" ><div class='panel-grid-cell-container'><div class=\"panel-grid-cell\" id=\"pgc-10778-5-0\" ><div class=\"panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce black-studio-tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" id=\"panel-10778-5-0-0\" style=\"\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.belart.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/H-B-Instrument-Mercury-Exchange-Program.pdf?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=learnmoreimage&amp;utm_campaign=merc-xchange\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10783 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.belart.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/click-here-to-learn-more.jpg\" alt=\"Image:  Click here to learn more about the Mercury Exchange Program\" width=\"600\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.belart.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/click-here-to-learn-more.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.belart.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/click-here-to-learn-more-300x35.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pretty. \u00a0Dangerous. Mercury: Closest planet to the sun Roman God Former car company Chemical element Toxic substance Though the name has been used for many types of things, the element itself has been used throughout history in a multitude of applications, including paint, cosmetics, firearms, even dental fillings which are still used today. Keep reading [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belart.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10778"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belart.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belart.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.belart.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.belart.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10778"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.belart.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10787,"href":"https:\/\/www.belart.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10778\/revisions\/10787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belart.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.belart.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.belart.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}