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

In brief: Target and CVS Health made progress on phasing out toxic chemicals in their products, while Walmart’s chemical footprint grew by millions of pounds. Top highlights include: Target will phase out BPA, BPS, and all bisphenols from its thermal receipt paper by the end of 2020, and it made progress on PFAS in private-label […]

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

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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, Beth Porter, bisphenol A (BPA), bisphenols, BPA, BPA in receipts, BPS, breast cancer, developmental problems, endocrine disruptors, Green America, Leah Segedie, prostate cancer, receipts, reproductive health, Target, Trader Joe's

Apple iPhones get (a little) less toxic

Five months after Green America launched their Bad Apple: End Smartphone Sweatshops campaign, the company agreed to remove toxic chemicals including benzene and n-hexane from its supplier factories in China.

Filed Under: Find Safer Products Tagged With: action, Apple, benzene, bill, blood cancer, cancer, chemicals, China, electronics, electronics manufacturing, environmental, EPA, exposure, families, Green America, health, iphone, labor, lukemia, Mac, n-hexane, neurotoxic effects of chemicals, new, phthalates, policy, products, retailers, safer, saferchemicals, smart phones, state, store, toxic, worker exposure to toxic chemicals, worker's health, workers

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