Mike Schade

Mind the Store Campaign Director

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Mike Schade is the Mind the Store Campaign Director for Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families where he coordinates a national U.S. campaign challenging the nation’s leading retailers to transform the marketplace away from hazardous chemicals and towards safer alternatives. For the previous nine years, Mike was the Markets Campaign Coordinator with the Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ), a national environmental health organization where he led national campaigns to phase out PVC plastic, phthalates, bisphenol A (BPA) and dioxin in consumer products and packaging. Prior to CHEJ, he was the Director of the Buffalo office of Citizens’ Environmental Coalition (CEC), a NY statewide grassroots environmental health organization. Mike lives in Brooklyn, NY where he serves on the Newtown Creek Superfund Community Advisory Group (CAG), the Board of Directors of Neighbors Allied for Good Growth (NAG), and the Community Advisory Panel of the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund.

Phone: 646.783.3477

Posts by Mike Schade

Are toxic chemicals making you sicker, fatter and poorer? An Interview with Dr. Leo Trasande on his new book

Dr. Leo Trasande is a leading voice in public health policy and a top environmental medicine scientist. In a newly published book, he reveals the alarming truth about how hormone-disrupting chemicals like phthalates and flame retardants are affecting our daily lives—and what we can do to protect ourselves and fight back.

in Find Safer Products, Health Science

Home improvement chain Menards joins the growing chorus of retailers banning dangerous paint strippers

Today the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel broke the news that Menards has become the latest retailer to phase out the sale of paint strippers containing the dangerous chemicals methylene chloride and NMP.

in Mind the Store

Amazon announces new policy to restrict toxic chemicals

On October 5, Amazon issued its first-ever public safer chemicals policy. The policy includes restrictions on dozens of toxic phthalates, parabens, formaldehyde releasers, nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs), triclosan, and toluene in its private brand baby, household cleaning, personal care, and beauty products in the United States.

in Mind the Store

Annual retailer report card will rank a dozen new companies this fall

As the federal government continues to roll back and undermine critical environmental and public health protections, we are amplifying our efforts in the marketplace to drive hazardous chemicals out of our homes and communities through our Mind the Store campaign.

One way we continue to do that is through our annual Who’s Minding the Store? retailer report card, which benchmarks the progress of the nation’s biggest retailers toward requiring products they sell utilize safer chemicals for consumers and workers.

in Mind the Store

Lowe’s: Time to spring into action for safer chemicals

The case for Lowe’s and other retailers to stop selling dangerous paint strippers has never been stronger.

in Mind the Store

Consumer Health Victory: Seven Major Retailers Commit to Reduce Use of Toxic Chemicals in Products and Packaging

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Second Annual Report Card Also Identifies Nine Retailers Receiving Failing Grades

in Mind the Store

Walmart becomes first retailer to evaluate its chemical footprint

Bloomberg: Wal-Mart Puts New Scrutiny on Suppliers With Chemicals Push

Today the Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) released its second annual report, revealing that Walmart has become the first retailer to evaluate its chemical footprint and has also become a CFP signatory.

in Mind the Store

New Report: BPA still in 1/3 of Kroger & Albertsons food cans

Today we co-released a new report that found toxic BPA in nearly 40% of food cans tested from the nation’s largest grocery stores and dollar store chains.

in Mind the Store

Home Depot: DIY shouldn’t spell danger

A weekend home improvement project shouldn’t expose you or your family to dangerous chemicals. But right now you can walk into The Home Depot and other stores and buy paint strippers containing dangerous chemicals.

in Mind the Store

Target raises the bar for retailers in driving harmful chemicals out of products

Target’s new safer chemicals policy and goals set a new high bar for retailers and will help drive a race to the top.

in Mind the Store