- Toxic paint strippers still available on Walmart.com, despite pledge to consumersAmazon moves quickly to remove toxic paint strippers for sale on its website 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 ...
- Toxic paint strippers: Ace Hardware (finally) acts; Trump EPA stallsOn Monday, Ace Hardware Corporation became the 13th U.S. retailer to publicly commit to stop selling and distributing paint removers that contain the toxic chemicals methylene chloride and N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP). This latest commitment comes after a sustained campaign by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families’ ...
- Home improvement chain Menards joins the growing chorus of retailers banning dangerous paint strippersToday the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel broke the news that Menards has become the latest retailer to phase out the sale of paint strippers containing the dangerous chemicals methylene chloride and NMP. The company has over 300 stores across 14 states. Menards’ new commitment comes on the heels of a new ...
- Buyer beware: dangerous paint strippers still sold at The Home Depot, AutoZone and other stores
In 2018, we won a wave of commitments from eleven of North America’s largest retailers to ban the sale of paint strippers containing the toxic chemicals methylene chloride and N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP). How are these policies being implemented? To see how these retailer policy commitments have been implemented, campaign staff, partner organizations ... - Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s pledge initial action on toxic PFAS
Yesterday, our new report revealed that toxic PFAS chemicals are hiding in common takeout packaging and other food contact materials at some of the nation’s largest and most popular grocery stores. When used in food packaging, these harmful chemicals can leach out of the packaging and get into the food ... - New study finds nonstick PFAS chemicals in takeout packaging at top grocery stores
Study shows PFAS-free alternatives widely available and in use (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Takeout food packaging from several leading U.S. grocery stores is likely treated with harmful PFAS chemicals, according to a new study released today by Safer Chemicals Healthy Families and Toxic-Free Future. PFAS are highly persistent and toxic chemicals ... - Amazon.com bans deadly paint strippers, signaling growing trend in retail sectorAdvocates call on EPA to finalize proposed ban, protect Americans from toxic products Washington, D.C. — Amazon.com posted a new policy prohibiting the sale of the toxic chemicals methylene chloride and N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) in all paint stripper products it sells, effective March 2019. The company is the eleventh major retailer ...
- Report: Restaurant Chains Lag on Toxic Chemicals, while 21 Retailers Make Progress to Protect Consumers
WASHINGTON, D.C. — 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 ... - Amazon announces new policy to restrict toxic chemicalsOn October 5, Amazon issued its first-ever public safer chemicals policy. The policy includes restrictions on dozens of toxic phthalates, parabens, formaldehyde releasers, nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs), triclosan, and toluene in its private brand baby, household cleaning, personal care, and beauty products in the United States. Consumers are increasingly clamoring for ...
- How retailers benefit from participating in ChemSec’s MarketplaceA couple of months ago, my dad told me about a job interview he once had. At the interview, he was given a pencil and a piece of paper with two dots on it, one on each side. He was then asked to connect the two dots. My dad took ...