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Macy’s to stop selling furniture with toxic flame retardant chemicals

Just hours before planned events at Macy’s stores in ten states calling attention to the retailer’s sale of some furniture products containing toxic flame retardant chemicals, the retailer announced it would end the practice. Mind the Store campaign advocates hailed it as a victory for consumers’ health and the environment.

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: Ashley, chemical flame retardants in furniture, Macy's, mind the store, Pier 1 Imports, toxic chemicals, toxics

Consumers push top retailers to safer chemicals

When it comes to moving our economy away from unsafe chemicals, perhaps no one has more power than major retailers to push suppliers and manufacturers, and ultimately the chemical industry, toward more responsible practices.

Filed Under: Find Safer Products, Mind the Store Tagged With: Ashley, Chemical Sustainability Program, flame retardants, flooring, healthy families, home depot, Lumber Liquidators, mind the store, safer chemicals, Target, testing vinyl flooring, toxic chemicals, toxic phthalates, Walmart

Flame retardant chemicals linked to preterm births

A new study finds expecting mothers who were exposed to a flame retardant chemical may have been more likely to have a premature birth.

Filed Under: Health Science, Mind the Store Tagged With: Ashley, bill, brominated flame retardants, cancer, chemicals, environmental, EPA, expecting mothers, exposure, families, flame retardant, health, long-term health problems, new, phthalates, policy, premature birth, products, retailers, safer, saferchemicals, state, store, substituted PBDEs, toxic, toxic flame retardants, Tribune, University of Texas Medical Branch

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