A&D Medical Launches Mercury-free.jp Website for ''Switch to Mercury-Free''

Tokyo, Japan, April 29, 2016 (Newswire.com) - In October 2013, The ‘Minamata Convention on Mercury’ was adopted in Minamata city (in Japan where a serious health incident occurred as a result of mercury pollution).

Under this treaty, the manufacture, import or export of mercury equipment containing will be prohibited globally in 2020. The ‘Minamata Convention on Mercury’ requires Mercury Blood Pressure Monitors to be phased out.

As a leading manufacturer of digital pressure monitors, A&D Medical is responding to the ‘Minamata Convention on Mercury’ and has launched Mercury-free.jp (http://www.mercury-free.jp/). The theme of this website is ‘‘Switch to Mercury-free’’.

The main contents are:

* Introduction of the ‘Minamata Convention on Mercury’

* News & Stories about going Mercury-free

* A Message of Recommendation of Hybrid Sphygmomanometers

* Mercury-free Products (Blood Pressure Monitors & Thermometers)

As an alternative to products containing mercury, the reliable Mercury-free blood pressure monitors (http://www.mercury-free.jp/products/), UM-102, UM-201 and UM-211 have been introduced with UM Series concept video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=faEMOLRnwgM).

You can also subscribe to our Mercury-free Newsletter and get the latest information about the Minamata Convention on Mercury and Mercury-free medical devices.

Source: A&D Company Limited