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42 U.S.C. § 14332

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Limitations on sale of alkaline-manganese batteries containing mercury
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Title
42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter
CH137
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

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

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