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Olympia, WA – Today health and consumer advocates travelled to Olympia to testify in favor of a bill to require makers of kids’ electronic products to report the use of harmful chemicals in their products. Products covered include game consoles like Xbox, computers, and tablets.

Bellevue, WA – Today, investors and consumers will ask Costco at its annual shareholder meeting to improve its efforts to tackle toxic chemicals.

Universal Testing Key to Prevention of Long-Term Developmental Damage

Reporters: Please contact Ivy Sager-Rosenthal, 206-854-7623 or [email protected]. Seattle – A new report released this week shows Seattle-based Amazon and Costco are failing when it comes to tackling toxic chemicals. According to the report “Who’s Minding the Store? — A Report Card on Retailer Actions to Eliminate Toxic Chemicals,” while some leading retailers are making significant progress […]

Walmart, Target, and CVS among the best; Amazon and Costco among the worst

EPA's first major decision under the 2016 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reform law is the choice of which chemicals to review first. The law requires that the agency choose at least ten chemicals from its existing Work Plan list within 180 days of enactment.

NGO encourages Walmart to expand list of chemicals, challenges other retailers to follow suit

Environmental health advocates rally outside of Kroger Annual Shareholder Meeting and questions Kroger's CEO

100,000+ people signed petitions calling on grocery retailers to ban BPA & adopt comprehensive chemical policies

Lead leaches into water from hoses, study finds, the market is shifting to safer materials and products