The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a national program that will help cut mercury air emissions by up to 75 tons over the next 15 years. The National Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery ...

Mercury switches were used in trunk and hood lights of American vehicles from 1974 to 2003. Several foreign automakers used the switches, but quit in 1992. The companies were: Audi, BMW, Chrysler, ...

TALLAHASSEE -- Car manufacturers Tuesday managed to kill a proposal that would have required them to pay a $5 bounty to recover mercury light switches in older model cars that are sent to junkyards.

Environment groups in the US have expressed concern with what they see as GM’s reckless claim that it is not responsible for funding the recycling of potentially hazardous mercury switches from its ...

ST. PAUL -- Lawmakers are considering a bill to force more of the state's auto salvage yards to be like Buford Faust's in Northfield, where workers take great pains to remove mercury light switches ...

TALLAHASSEE -- Car manufacturers managed to kill a proposal Tuesday that would have required them to pay a $5 bounty to recover mercury light switches in older model cars that are sent to junkyards.