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

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Retailers taking action on toxics: Target & CVS make progress, Walmart slides backward

Target and CVS Health made progress on phasing out toxic chemicals in their products, while Walmart’s chemical footprint grew by millions of pounds.

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: BPA, BPA in receipts, chemical footprint, Clean Water Action, CVS, Green America, Target, Walmart, Mamavation, PFAS, Leah Segedie, success, bisphenols

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

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