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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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From Idaho to Massachusetts, consumers ask Albertsons to turn up the heat on toxic chemicals this summer

Last week consumers across the country came together to call on Albertsons and its subsidiaries, such as Safeway, Acme, Jewel-Osco and Shaw’s, to go toxic-free. From Anchorage, AK to Greenburgh, NY to Albertsons’ hometown of Boise, ID, shoppers urged the company to turn up the heat on toxic chemicals this summer.

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: Albertsons, bisphenol A, Clean Water Action, ClimateMama, formaldehyde, lead, Mamavation, parabens, Safeway, Story of Stuff

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