As you start spring cleaning, be on the look out for mercury thermometers and plastic Nalgene bottles.  Green up your home by eliminating the serious health threats posed by mercury and Bisphenol A (BPA) by exchanging your mercury thermometer and old Nalgene bottles!

                                                                                                        Planned Parenthood of Northern New England will be hosting a Mercury Thermometer Exchange and Plastic Nalgene Bottle Drop on Saturday, April 18 from 9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m at the Health Center on 970 Forest Ave., in Portland.

A FREE replacement thermometer from Apothecary by Design will be given out, along with coupons for discounted admission to PPNNE’s Recycling the ‘80s Dance Party on Thursday, May 7.

Treehugger ran an article last year about Nalgene dropping Bisphenol A.

They also wrote this:

"Many Nalgene water bottles and other hard plastic sport water bottles are made of polycarbonate (#7 on the bottom) , which may leach Bisphenol A, an estrogen-like chemical. Canada is considering a ban of products containing Bisphenol A (BPA) and a new American study links it to breast cancer and early puberty, and is particularly concerned about the effect on babies. Others have raised concerns about the effect of feminizing hormones on men, such as breast enlargement or dropping semen counts. At the same time, sport water bottles are ubiquitous and we don't want people going back to buying bottled water. What should you do? Time to nix the Nalgene? " (For the full article, go here.)

So what to do with that collection of old Nalgene bottles? How about giving them to us, getting $3 off a "righteous" 80s dance party, and enjoying the 80s classics at Bubba's Sulky Lounge in Portland, Maine?