To prohibit selling or distributing a thermostat for use in regulating room temperature if the thermostat contained mercury or a mercury compound, beginning January 1, 2009. The prohibition would not apply if the thermostat were a replacement for an existing thermostat containing mercury or a mercury compound that was a component of an appliance.
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