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# 42 U.S.C. § 14333 - Limitations on sale of zinc-carbon batteries containing mercury

## Text

No person shall sell, offer for sale, or offer for promotional purposes any zinc-carbon battery manufactured on or after May 13, 1996, that contains mercury that was intentionally introduced as described in section 14332 of this title.

(Pub. L. 104–142, title II, § 204, May 13, 1996, 110 Stat. 1336.)