1. Mercury in Button Cells - USA Update -
Presentation to the19th Trilateral Battery Working Group Meeting
NEMA Dry Battery Section
October 2016

2. All Hg-added BCs > 10 mg
US - Summary
As of 1 January
State
Products Banned
Maine
All Hg-added BCs
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Louisiana
All Hg-added BCs > 10 mg
Wisconsin *
Hg-added Zinc Air BCs
Illinois
* Producers cannot sell any zinc air BCs unless they certify to state authorities
that they are Hg-free. Fines for fraudulent certifications.
NEMA TWG 2016
BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL
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3. BC PRODUCTS BANNED FROM SALE
STATE
EFFECTIVE DATE
BC PRODUCTS BANNED FROM SALE
OR DISTRIBUTION
CONNECTICUT
July 1, 2011
July 1, 2012
January 1, 2015
Hg-added Zinc air and Alkaline Manganese BCs
All Hg-added BCs, except for . . .
“Hg-silver oxide battery that is used exclusively in a medical device to automatically deliver insulin to a person”
RHODE ISLAND
January 1, 2012
Hg-added Zinc air and Alkaline Manganese BC
All Hg-added BCs 
MAINE   
Hg-added Zinc air BCs
Hg-added Alkaline Manganese BCs
Silver Oxide BCs designated as follows:
357/SR44W, 364/SR621SW, 371SR920SW,
377/SR626SW, 395/SR927SW
All Hg-Added BCs 
LOUISIANA
All Hg-Added BCs > 10 mg
WISCONSIN
January 1, 2013
Hg-added Zinc-air BCs
ILLINOIS
July 1, 2013
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NOTE: Ohio bans “novelties” with Hg-added BCs

4. Thanks for your attention!
Contact
Mark A. Kohorst
(fax)
NEMA
Suite 1752
1300 North 17th Street
Rosslyn, Va
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