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Walmart discloses toxic chemicals it is eliminating from shelves

NGO encourages Walmart to expand list of chemicals, challenges other retailers to follow suit

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: disclosure, high priority chemicals, NPEs, parabens, phthalates, reduction, suppliers, Triclosan, Walmart

Toxic Couture?

By Lindsay Dahl, Deputy Director Don’t we all like to feel fashionable from time to time? This week thousands have gathered in New York City for Fashion Week, and what a better time to talk about the price we often pay for our fashionable clothes. <<Big groans>> Debbie Downer is at it again! – Don’t […]

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: action, bill, cancer, chemicals, chemicals in clothing, chemicals in fashion industry, clothes, couture, environmental, EPA, exposure, families, Fashion week, flame retardants in children's pajamas, formaldehyde, Greenpeace Detox Campaign, health, new, NPEs, NYC Fashion Week, organic dry cleaning, patagonia, PFCs, PFCs in sportswear, phthalates, policy, products, retailers, Safe Chemicals Act, safer, saferchemicals, state, store, textile industry, textile production, The North Face, toxic, toxic chemicals, toxic clothing dyes, toxic dyes, Toxic Threads, toxics in clothing, Victoria's Secret, wrinkle-free shirts

Report Released: Poison in Paint, Toxics in Toys

State law in Maine triggers new reporting, which identifies for the first time more than 650 brand name products that contain two hormone-disrupting toxic chemicals.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: BPA, Chicco baby rattles, Environmental Health Strategy Center, hormone-disrupting toxic chemicals, Mike Belliveau, NPEs, priority chemical use, protect the health of all American families, Report Released: Poison in Paint Toxics in Toys, S.847, Shoppers Warned that Hormone-Havoc Chemicals Lurk in Products State Law Triggers Chemical Reporting, sippy cups, toxic chemical, toxic substances control act of 1976, TSCA, While Congress Lags Behind, wood finishes

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