Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families A national effort to protect families from toxic chemicals.
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Clean beauty comes of age: Sephora, beauty retailers target toxic chemicals for elimination
on February 7, 2020
A new corporate responsibility trend is taking root with beauty and personal care retailers—phasing out and disclosing toxic chemicals in products and packaging.
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Taco Bell to phase out toxic chemicals in food packaging
on January 10, 2020
Fast-food chain will ban PFAS, phthalates, and BPA by 2025; public health advocates urge the company to move more quickly and end the use of vinyl food handling gloves
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New report reveals top retailers making major chemical safety advances
on November 19, 2019
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.
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on October 31, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Following the lead of other major retailers and answering consumer demand for products free from toxic chemicals, Staples today launched a new Chemicals Policy targeting the reduction and substitution of toxic chemicals including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
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Lowe’s bans toxic PFAS chemicals in residential carpets and rugs it sells
on October 30, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Lowe’s, North America’s second-largest home improvement retailer, announced that it will phase out the sale of all indoor residential carpets and rugs containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
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Toxic TV Binge: hazardous flame retardant chemicals uncovered in Best Buy, Amazon TVs
on October 24, 2019
Toxic flame retardants leaching from TVs into living rooms across America
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Europe bans most harmful class of flame retardants in TVs
on October 1, 2019
In a groundbreaking move, the European Commission has adopted a regulation to ban organohalogen flame retardants in televisions and other displays.
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Grocer Ahold Delhaize to restrict toxic chemicals in food packaging and beauty products
on September 19, 2019
Grocery chain Ahold Delhaize USA today announced a new “sustainable chemistry commitment” that restricts toxic chemicals, including the classes of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), bisphenol A (BPA) and other bisphenols, ortho-phthalates, and other chemicals, in the products sold across its 2,000 stores nationwide.
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The Home Depot bans toxic PFAS in carpets and rugs it sells
on September 17, 2019
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Today The Home Depot, the world’s largest home improvement retailer, announced that it will phase out the sale of all carpets and rugs containing PFAS chemicals.
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Wall Street Journal exposé demands Amazon take more action on harmful chemicals
on August 23, 2019
A blistering Wall Street Journal investigation should be a serious wake-up call for Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and the company’s senior leadership: it needs to focus on ensuring the safety of its products and protecting customers’ health.