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

Second Annual Report Card Also Identifies Nine Retailers Receiving Failing Grades

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: Apple, Babies R Us, Best Buy, Clean and Healthy New York, Costco, CVS, Environmental Health Strategy Center, IKEA, NRDC, Report, retailers, Target, toys r us, Walgreens, Ace Hardware, Staples, Campaign for Healthier Solutions, Dollar General, Trader Joe's, The Home Depot, Who's Minding the Store? retailer report card, leaders, laggards, Albertsons Companies, Wal-Mart Stores, Whole Foods Market, Ahold Delhaize, Kohl's, Office Depot, Sally Beauty, TJX Companies, Getting Ready for Baby, success

Menards joins Home Depot and Lowes in eliminating toxic phthalates in flooring

Menards, confirmed to a major news outlet that it was joining Home Depot and Lowes in pledging to stop sales of vinyl flooring containing toxic phthalates by the end of the year.

Filed Under: Find Safer Products, Mind the Store Tagged With: home depot, Lowe's, phthalates, toxic chemicals, Ace Hardware, flooring, Lumber Liquidators, Menards, Menards joins Home Depot and Lowes in eliminating toxic phthalates in flooring

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Home Depot and Lowe’s Eliminating Toxic Phthalates in Flooring

Who will be Next to Join Them?

Fantastic news!! Home Depot and Lowe’s, the two largest home improvement chains in the country, announced they will ban toxic phthalates added to vinyl flooring by the end of the year!

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