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Success! – Home improvement retailers follow through on commitments to remove phthalates from flooring

Our new tests found that the top retailers of flooring have honored their commitment to eliminate phthalates from vinyl flooring.

Filed Under: Find Safer Products, Mind the Store Tagged With: Ace Hardware, Floor & Decor, Lowe's, Lumber Liquidators, Menards, phthalates, success, The Home Depot, vinyl (PVC) plastic, vinyl flooring

Home improvement chain Menards joins the growing chorus of retailers banning dangerous paint strippers

Today the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel broke the news that Menards has become the latest retailer to phase out the sale of paint strippers containing the dangerous chemicals methylene chloride and NMP.

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: Menards, methylene chloride, N-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP), paint stripper, success

Menards joins Home Depot and Lowes in eliminating toxic phthalates in flooring

Menards, confirmed to a major news outlet that it was joining Home Depot and Lowes in pledging to stop sales of vinyl flooring containing toxic phthalates by the end of the year.

Filed Under: Find Safer Products, Mind the Store Tagged With: Ace Hardware, flooring, home depot, Lowe's, Lumber Liquidators, Menards, Menards joins Home Depot and Lowes in eliminating toxic phthalates in flooring, phthalates, toxic chemicals

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