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Rite Aid expands its commitment to improving chemical management and product safety

Rite Aid today announced that it has expanded its commitment to improving chemical management and product safety. The company also states that it has achieved 98% compliance on its 2016 commitment to remove certain harmful chemicals from Rite Aid private-label products.

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: benzophenone, bisphenols, Mike Schade, Mind the Store Campaign, ortho-phthalates, perchlorate, PFAS, Rite Aid, success, Taylor Morton, WE ACT

Canada’s biggest grocery chain bans bisphenols in receipt paper

In response to calls from environmental advocacy and labor groups, Canada’s biggest grocery retail and drugstore company, Loblaw Companies Limited, has made a public commitment to phase out thermal receipt paper containing hazardous BPA, BPS, and other bisphenols from its stores by the end of 2021.

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: bisphenols, BPA, BPA in receipts, BPS, Environmental Defence, Loblaws, mind the store, success, Who's Minding the Store? retailer report card

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Amazon announces ban on toxic chemicals and plastics in food packaging

PFAS, phthalates, BPA are among the dangerous chemicals Amazon Kitchen brands now prohibit. Amazon joins a growing trend of companies eliminating toxic chemicals in food packaging.

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: 2-Ethoxyethanol, 2-Methoxyethanol, Amazon, bisphenols, BPA, Laurie Valeriano, maine, Mike Belliveau, Mike Schade, N-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP), perchlorate, PFAS, phthalates, plastic, polycarbonate plastic, polyhyrdoxyalkanoates (PHAs), polystyrene, polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC), PVC, rigid polylactic acid (PLA), success, toluene, Washington state

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