Mercury Out

U.S. hat manufacturers last week agreed to drop mercury from the process of making felt hats. A substitute, hydrogen peroxide and nitric acid, will be used. Thus ends one of the oldest industrial hazards, which still causes dangerous nerve disorders among 10% of 22,000 U.S. hat workers. The agreement will soon be sent to various State Legislatures for enactment into law.

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