No alkaline-manganese battery manufactured on or after January 1, 1992, shall be distributed, offered for sale, or sold, if it contains more than 0.025 percent (.025%) mercury by weight; provided, however, that for any alkaline-manganese battery resembling a button or coin in size and shape, the limitation shall be twenty-five (25) milligrams of mercury.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-60.1-3
Reduction of mercury content in alkaline batteries
P.L. 1992, ch. 359, § 1.
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