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March Badness: New study finds toxic chemicals in University Themed products

HealthyStuff.org announces March Badness tournament to determine the MTP – Most Toxic Product

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: brominated flame retardants, Cancers, chlorine, healthy families, HealthyStuff.org, high levels of lead, infertility, learning disabilities, Major Retailers, March Badness, March Madness, Michigan State University, Mike Schade, Mind the Store Campaign Director for Safer Chemicals, phthalate plasticizers, phthalate-free grill cover, PVC, the Ecology Center, thyroid disruption, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Cancer and Toxic Chemicals: What’s the Link?

Unfortunately, cancer is a disease that we are all connected to in some way. Many of us have faced cancer within our families, or personally. And even if you are a rare person who hasn’t in some way been touched by cancer, we all come in contact with cancer-causing chemicals every day.  While depressing, this […]

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Can you hear us Walgreens?

By Maureen Swanson, Learning Disabilities Association of America Walgreens is pretty amazing. A little over a decade ago, the national drug store chain overhauled the way they hire, train, and retain employees. Walgreens initiated a program to hire people with physical, developmental and intellectual disabilities that involved major changes to their company processes, practices and […]

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