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Starbucks announces ban of toxic “forever chemicals” in its food packaging

Starbucks commits to eliminating PFAS from all U.S. packaging by the end of 2022, and international packaging in 2023

Toxic-Free Future and its Mind the Store program applaud this commitment and urge Congress to pass ban on PFAS in food packaging

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: Congress, FDA, food packaging, Liz Hitchcock, Mike Schade, mind the store, state policy, toxic chemicals, Erika Schreder, PFAS, Burger King, McDonalds, Taco Bell, Starbucks, success, Wendy's, Polluted Polly, Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act, forever chemicals, federal policy

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Dismantling racist systems includes the toxic beauty industry

Skin lightening creams with mercury. Hair relaxers with parabens and estrogenic chemicals. Douches and vaginal sprays with phthalates.

In the US, beauty products are largely unregulated. Everyone is at risk, but women of color face extra hazards from the products that are marketed to them. And these hazards pile on top of health disparities created by other systemic injustices.

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: beauty products, hormone disruptors, mercury, phthalates, products, retailers, toxic chemicals, WE ACT, Beauty Inside Out campaign, Leslie Martinez, Eurocentric beauty standard, racism

Washington Attorney General compels Amazon to remove toxic school supplies – more action needed

Yesterday, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson and Amazon announced an important enforcement action that will keep brain-damaging lead and cancer-causing cadmium out of the hands and mouths of children. This follows an investigation that revealed consumers in Washington and across the country made at least 15,188 purchases of products with illegal levels of lead and cadmium from amazon.com.

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: cadmium, chemicals, children, exposure, lead, toxic chemicals, Washington state, Amazon

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