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Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families congratulates Target on new chemical policy and goals, urges Amazon and other retailers to follow suit

Today Target announced a new chemical policy and goals. Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families’ Mind the Store campaign has challenged Target and other retailers to develop comprehensive policies to eliminate and substitute toxic chemicals.

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: Amazon, chemical policy, consumers, Costco, flame retardants, fragrance, PFCs, phthalates, retailers, safer alternatives, safer products, success, suppliers, Target, toxic chemicals, transparency

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Would you like a side of arthritis with your pizza?

Due to modern technology it’s amazing that the grease from our pizza doesn’t stain the passenger seat when we bring it home… but have you ever paused to think of what chemicals are used to treat the pizza box to make it grease resistant? New research on perfluorinated compounds (PFOA and PFOS), sheds light on […]

Filed Under: Health Science Tagged With: action, arthritis, bill, cancer, chemicals, chemicals in food packaging, environmental, EPA, exposure, families, food packaging, green cleaners, health, hormone disruption, natural cleaners, new, organic cleaners, organic food, oseoarthritis, PFAS, PFCs, PFOA, PFOS, phthalates, pizza, pizza boxes, policy, products, retailers, Safe Chemicals Act, safer, saferchemicals, state, store, sustainable food, toxic, toxic chemicals

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 […]

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