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Staples launches new policy to drive toxic chemicals out of office supplies, electronics, textiles, and other products

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following the lead of other major retailers and answering consumer demand for products free from toxic chemicals, Staples today launched a new Chemicals Policy targeting the reduction and substitution of toxic chemicals including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: alkylphenol ethoxylates (APEs), bisphenol A, bisphenol S, bisphenols, BPA in receipts, carcinogen, carcinogens, cleaning products, electronics, endocrine disruptors, flame retardants, food packaging, food ware, formaldehyde, furniture, methylene chloride, mutagens, N-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP), neurotoxicants, office furniture, office supply, parabens, persistent bioaccumulative toxic chemicals (PBTs), PFAS, phthalates, receipts, reproductive toxicants, Staples, success, textiles, trichloroethylene

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From Idaho to Massachusetts, consumers ask Albertsons to turn up the heat on toxic chemicals this summer

Last week consumers across the country came together to call on Albertsons and its subsidiaries, such as Safeway, Acme, Jewel-Osco and Shaw’s, to go toxic-free. From Anchorage, AK to Greenburgh, NY to Albertsons’ hometown of Boise, ID, shoppers urged the company to turn up the heat on toxic chemicals this summer.

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: Albertsons, bisphenol A, Clean Water Action, ClimateMama, formaldehyde, lead, Mamavation, parabens, Safeway, Story of Stuff

Health advocates call on Albertsons to ban toxic chemicals in everyday products

Mind the Store along with health advocacy groups around the country launch week of action calling on Albertsons to remove toxic chemicals from its shelves in a dozen states. New research shows chemicals in two dozen products.

Filed Under: Lead, Mind the Store Tagged With: Alaska, Albertsons, bisphenol A, BPA, California, Colorado, formaldehyde, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, lead, learning disabilities, Learning Disabilities Association of America, maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mind the Store Campaign, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, parabens, Safeway, supermarkets, Texas, Tracy Gregoire, Vermont, Washington DC, Washington state

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