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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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Skip the Slip: Receipts waste resources AND endanger your health

When an item is physically small, it may not convey the impact it has on the world. Paper receipts are small slips that carry with them vast environmental costs and can pose risks to our health through direct contact.

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: Best Buy, BPA, BPA in receipts, BPS, breast cancer, developmental problems, endocrine disruptors, Green America, prostate cancer, receipts, reproductive health, Target, bisphenol A (BPA), Trader Joe's, Leah Segedie, Beth Porter, bisphenols

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Green and Prosperous launches ebook: Little Guidebook on Toxic Chemicals

Green and Prosperous began as a vehicle for getting the word out about how toxic chemicals are routinely used in the products we buy. The Little Guidebook for Green Moms and Dads is the first ebook in a series of “Green Guidebooks” published by Kelly Pemberton.

Filed Under: Find Safer Products Tagged With: asthma, cancer, endocrine disruptors, environmental exposures, exposure to toxic chemicals, healthy families, safer chemicals, SCHF, harmful chemicals, premature illness, disability, chemical cocktail of toxics, learning disabilities and extreme allergies, The Little Guidebook for Green Moms and Dads, Kelly Pemberton, Green and Prosperous

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