Below is a preview of some of the items that will be on the silent auction block at our Chris Donovan, This is Your Life! special event on December 4th. If you have not already, you can reserve yourself a place at this event online, by clicking here. Full details about the event are here.

Most plastic baby bottles are made with Bisphenol A (BPA). BPA is the building block of polycarbonate plastic. When these bottles are heated and/or exposed to detergents/scrubbing the ester bonds degrade and bisphenol A leaches from the bottles into liquid.

Scientific studies show bisphenol A can wreak havoc on the endocrine system, which regulates important hormones. The chemical is associated with adverse health effects including prostate and breast cancer, immune system dysfunction, early puberty in females, and higher rates of miscarriage.

Why is this newsworthy, or what's new about this?

The Hartford Courant - December 5, 2007

By KATHLEEN MEGAN, Courant Staff Writer

Just when you had hoped that all of the chemically tainted toys had been purged from toy shelves, a Michigan-based environmental group has troubling news.

Shore Line TImes - November 13, 2007

By: Robert C. Pollack

GUILFORD - A school nurse and mother who agreed to participate in a biomonitoring project to determine if any of 20 selected toxic chemicals were found in her body feels let down and angry at a food distribution system that is clearly full of dangerous holes.

Tested samples of blood and urine revealed Karen Owens, a Guilford resident, has 17 of the 20 chemicals in her system - more than any of the other 35 women in seven states who agreed to participate in the project.