42 USC § 14332 - Limitations on sale of alkaline-manganese batteries containing mercury
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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s14332"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 14332 - Limitations on sale of alkaline-manganese batteries containing mercury"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "14332"
section_name: "Limitations on sale of alkaline-manganese batteries containing mercury"
chapter_number: 137
chapter_name: "MANAGEMENT OF RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES AND BATTERIES CONTAINING MERCURY"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "MANAGEMENT OF BATTERIES CONTAINING MERCURY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 104–142, title II, § 203, May 13, 1996, 110 Stat. 1336.)"
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# § 14332. Limitations on sale of alkaline-manganese batteries containing mercury
May 13, 1996
No person shall sell, offer for sale, or offer for promotional purposes any alkaline-manganese battery manufactured on or after , 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.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 104–142, title II, § 203, May 13, 1996, 110 Stat. 1336.)