- The Home Depot to be third major U.S. retailer to ban deadly paint strippersAdvocates call on Pruitt EPA to end delay, protect Americans from toxic products ATLANTA — The world’s largest home improvement retailer, The Home Depot, announced today that it will phase out the use of the toxic chemicals methylene chloride and N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) in its paint removal products by the ...
- Sherwin-Williams Commits to Ban Deadly Paint StrippersSecond U.S. Retailer to Act Following Multiple Deaths and EPA Inaction (Cleveland, OH) Today the nation’s largest specialty retailer of paint and painting supplies, Sherwin-Williams, announced that it would phase out the use of a toxic chemical known as methylene chloride in its paint removal products by the end of ...
- Health advocates urge Sherwin-Williams to give their customers a ban on deadly paint strippers this Father’s DayWASHINGTON, D.C. – Environmental health advocates from Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) are calling on Sherwin-Williams, the nation’s largest dedicated paint and paint supplies retailer, to take action to remove deadly paint strippers from its store shelves this Father’s Day weekend. This call for ...
- Statement on Lowe’s commitment to ban deadly paint strippersLowe’s commits to end sale of toxic paint stripping products First U.S. retailer to act following multiple deaths and EPA inaction (Charlotte, NC) Today the home improvement retailer Lowe’s announced that it would phase out the use of two toxic chemicals known as methylene chloride and N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) in its ...
- Health Advocates Kick Off Week of Action Urging Lowe’s and EPA to Ban Toxic Paint StrippersNationwide actions urge ban on toxic methylene chloride after four consumers died since EPA proposed restrictions WASHINGTON, D.C. – Environmental health advocates from Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families and other groups today kicked off a week of action in more than a dozen states demanding that Lowe’s home improvement stores remove ...
- Congress to Scott Pruitt: What do you have to say to these families?Representative Pallone and Representative Lowey stand up for victims of deadly paint strippers Last week Drew Wynne’s brother Brian and sister-in-law Johanna traveled to Washington, DC to attend a Congressional hearing. Drew, a 31-year-old small business owner, is one of at least four people who have been killed by paint ...
- Lowe’s: Time to spring into action for safer chemicalsRecently CBS News aired the story of a South Carolina man, Drew Wynne, who died because of a deadly chemical in a product purchased from his local Lowe’s. Drew was a 31-year-old entrepreneur, in the prime of his life. Drew’s story has been picked up in print, radio, and ...
- Response to The Home Depot’s new strategy to remove toxic chemicals from cleaning productsAdvocates call on The Home Depot to also ban toxic paint strippers containing deadly and dangerous chemicals Today, The Home Depot announced plans to remove harmful chemicals in cleaning products, in an expansion of the company’s chemical strategy. The Home Depot will require suppliers to remove nine toxic chemicals from ...
- Learning and developmental disabilities groups urge Lowe’s to protect babies from toxic paint strippersToday a group of leading public health organizations, including the Learning Disabilities Association of America and Autism Society, publicly called on Lowe’s to protect kids from toxic paint strippers. The four national and 23 state learning and developmental disabilities organizations sent a letter to Lowe’s urging the retailer to stop ...
- Grieving parents & health advocates urge Lowe’s to pull deadly paint strippers from store shelvesToxic methylene chloride linked to more than 50 deaths and cancer CHARLESTON, SC – At 31 years old, entrepreneur Drew Wynne’s life was cut short when he inhaled a toxic paint stripper containing methylene chloride, which he bought at Lowe’s to refinish a floor. Now his family is telling the ...