In extreme cases, aviophobia symptoms may include an episode of regurgitation, lose of bowel control, and losing consciousness. A strong sense of shame and being a failure is often present in people suffering with this type of phobia.
Other batteries, such as AAA, AA, C, and D alkaline; atomic; and lithium-ion batteries, do not contain mercury. Mercury Use in Batteries. Table 1 presents the total amount of mercury contained in mercury batteries sold in the U.S. in years 2001, 2004, and 2007.4.
All of Miyota watch movements provided since 2009 with mercury-free batteries. CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD. announced that it has already switched to mercury-free batteries for all of quartz watch movements at the end of 2008.ITIZEN WATCH is hoping to play a leading role to promote environmental protection globally. Mercury batteries have been the mainstay of watch batteries for a long time because of its good performance with its advantageous discharge curves and long lifetime.