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Great news! Nation’s #1 furniture retailer banning toxic flame retardant chemicals

In a win for consumers nationwide and our Mind the Store campaign, Ashley Furniture has announced a timeframe for banning toxic flame retardant chemicals in all of their furniture!

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Safer Chemicals Healthy families newsroom update

Furniture retailers phase out of toxic flame retardant chemicals brings safer choices

– Advocates Urge Other Leading Retailers to Adopt Timelines and Policies to Eliminate Harmful Chemicals – Several of the nation’s largest retailers have eliminated or begun phasing out furniture with chemicals known as toxic flame retardants, which have been linked to cancer and learning and developmental disabilities in children. However the pace of the phase-outs […]

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Couches Without Toxic Flame Retardants – Coming Soon to a Major Retailer Near You

A new report released today by NRDC found that some major furniture retailers are beginning to sell couches without hazardous flame retardants, in response to updates to California’s flame retardant regulations.

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