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New report reveals top retailers making major chemical safety advances

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new report reveals that many of North America’s largest retail companies are embracing chemical safety policies to help protect consumers from toxic chemicals in products. In the largest-ever analysis of its kind, 63% of evaluated companies improved over the past year alone.

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: Ahold Delhaize, Apple, Bed Bath & Beyond, bisphenol A (BPA), bisphenols, Bobbi Wilding, buybuy BABY, Dollar General, Dr. Maida P. Galvez, Dr. Robin M. Whyatt, IKEA, Jose Bravo, Lowe's, Mike Belliveau, Mike Schade, Muhannad Malas, ortho-phthalates, Panera Bread, PFAS, phthalates, Roger McFadden, Sarah Doll, Sephora, Staples, success, Target, Walmart, Who's Minding the Store?

paint stripper containing methylene chloride on Walmart website on March 20, 2019

How are big retailers implementing bans on toxic paint strippers?

Over the past year, our Mind the Store campaign and coalition partners at NRDC won commitments from 13 top home improvement, big box, and auto-parts retailers to ban the sale of paint removal products containing the hazardous chemicals methylene chloride and NMP at over 30,000 stores across North America and the world.

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

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Report: Restaurant chains lag on toxic chemicals, while 21 retailers make progress to protect consumers

A report released today reveals that major retail companies are making slow but meaningful progress at improving the chemical safety of the products, food, and packaging they sell, but nearly half of those scored — including every restaurant chain evaluated — have failed to take any public measures to help eliminate toxic chemicals from the products they carry.

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: Apple, beauty shops, Burger King, chemical policies, department stores, dollar stores, fast food chains, grades, grocery stores, IKEA, Kentucky Fried Chicken, McDonalds, office supply, Pera Bread, Pizza Hut, Popeyes, report card, restaurants, retail sectors, Starbucks, Subway, Taco Bell, Target, Tim Hortons, walgreens, Walmart

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