Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families A national effort to protect families from toxic chemicals.
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McDonald’s announces global ban of toxic chemicals in food packaging
on January 14, 2021The company is eliminating PFAS in packaging materials by 2025. Public health advocates urge the company to act by 2022 and call on Burger King and Wendy’s to follow suit.
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Amazon announces ban on toxic chemicals and plastics in food packaging
on December 8, 2020PFAS, phthalates, BPA are among the dangerous chemicals Amazon Kitchen brands now prohibit. Amazon joins a growing trend of companies eliminating toxic chemicals in food packaging.
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Thousands of people demand action on McDonald’s toxic trash
on November 16, 2020Over a million Big Mac boxes are used and discarded each day. And our recent test results show that those boxes may be contributing to the PFAS “forever chemicals” pollution crisis.
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This Alabama resident is calling out McDonald’s for PFAS—and 70,000 people agree
on November 5, 2020Chemical plants that make toxic PFAS used in food packaging can pollute waterways that provide drinking water. Brenda Hampton knows all too well.
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Retailers taking action on toxics: Target & CVS make progress, Walmart slides backward
on October 6, 2020In brief: Target and CVS Health made progress on phasing out toxic chemicals in their products, while Walmart’s chemical footprint grew by millions of pounds. Top highlights include: Target will phase out BPA, BPS, and all bisphenols from its thermal receipt paper by the end of 2020, and it made progress on PFAS in private-label
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How retailers can stop packaging food with “forever chemicals”
on August 10, 2020The Mind the Store Campaign, in partnership with Toxic-Free Future, has developed new guides for grocery and quick-service restaurant chains. We’re offering straightforward steps for chains to make sure their food packaging is truly free of all PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances).
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New study indicates toxic chemicals used in take-out food packaging from popular food chains
on August 6, 2020In a new report released today, the Mind the Store campaign and Toxic-Free Future found that nearly half of all take-out food packaging tested from multiple popular food chains contains potentially toxic chemicals. The new investigation shows that all six food chains sampled had one or more food packaging items that likely contain toxic PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances)—chemicals known to threaten human health.
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Who will win the clean beauty race to the top?
on July 14, 2020Ulta Beauty announced an exciting partnership with clean beauty retailer Credo Beauty. The partnership will start with a Credo Beauty endcap at 100 Ulta locations.
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Dismantling racist systems includes the toxic beauty industry
on June 22, 2020Skin 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.
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Companies put toxic chemicals in TVs. A new study confirms they’re contaminating our homes.
on June 11, 2020A new study has found that homes with TVs had higher levels of two toxic flame retardant chemicals. This adds to existing evidence that when companies put these chemicals into the TVs they sell, the sets shed them into our homes. It underscores the need for major electronics retailers like Best Buy and Amazon to prevent harm and ban these chemicals in TVs.