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.
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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.
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.