Tell Sally Beauty to remove chemicals linked to cancer from hair products - Toxic-Free Future

Our new analysis found chemicals linked to cancer in more than 1 in 6 hair products reviewed at Sally Beauty.

Sally Beauty can and must do better. Join us in telling #SallyBeauty: it's time for a healthy makeover! #MindTheStore

Tell retailers in the Toxic Hall of Shame it’s time to restrict harmful chemicals and plastics! - Toxic-Free Future Tell the members of the 2024 Retailer Report Card “Toxic Hall of Shame” to protect customers from toxic chemicals and plastics in products and packaging.

Who's responsible? Major retailers keep selling products loaded with toxic chemicals and plastics.

Tell the retailers in our Toxic Hall of Shame, including Sally Beauty, Trader Joe's, and McDonald's, to restrict harmful chemicals and plastics NOW.

#ThePlasticDetox #UnplasticYourLife #MindTheStore

We’ve got receipts: Retailers leave toxic bisphenols behind in the new year - Toxic-Free Future We asked major retailers their plans for compliance with Washington state's regulation that bans all bisphenols in receipt paper.

🐱🐶 Great news! Add PetSmart to the list of retailers that are phasing out bisphenols from receipt paper.

After Washington became the first state to ban all bisphenols in receipts, many retailers are eliminating them nationwide—protecting workers & shoppers from these toxic chemicals. #MindTheStore

Washington becomes first in nation to ban chemical in receipt paper that causes infertility, heart disease Washington retailers can no longer use receipt paper containing a chemical known to cause infertility.

WA is the 1st state in the nation to ban bisphenols in receipt paper—chemicals linked to serious health harms.

The impact goes far beyond Washington: major retailers are making receipts safer across the country.

Proof that strong state and retail action can drive national change. 💪 #MindTheStore

We’ve got receipts: Retailers leave toxic bisphenols behind in the new year - Toxic-Free Future We asked major retailers their plans for compliance with Washington state's regulation that bans all bisphenols in receipt paper.

🧾 Our new #MindTheStore survey also found retailers are stepping up. Eighteen major retailers, from CVS Health to TJX, have already eliminated toxic bisphenols from receipts nationwide.

That’s a big win for shoppers & retail workers, and shows how we’re driving change in the marketplace.

a women poses holding a sign that says "home depot ban toxic pvc packaging"

I had lymphoma. PVC is made from vinyl chloride, a cancer-causing chemical that harms communities at every stage of its lifecycle. PVC packaging poisons our communities. Home Depot can and should #DumpPoisonPVC now.
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Cindy Luppi and Loretta Loretta LaCentra stand across the river from the Saugus incinerator holding signs that say "PVC is poison plastic! Ban it Home Depot!"

The Saugus trash incinerator is the oldest in the nation. Clean Water joined neighbors to call on Home Depot to dump toxic packaging and materials, to reduce the toxic pollution that comes from burning PVC.
#BanPVC
#poisonplastic
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Don't miss our new blog highlighting new progress #Walmart has made in reducing its toxic chemical footprint.

Click through for our analysis, including recommendations on how Walmart can continue to #MindTheStore #ESG #susty #sustainability #chemicalfootprint

The Home Depot: Stop Selling Poison Plastic - Toxic-Free Future Tell The Home Depot to ban toxic PVC in building materials like flooring, siding, and packaging.

Home Depot has already taken the first step by limiting PVC in its own brand packaging. Now it’s time to finish the job by banning PVC in all packaging and bringing safer, PVC-free building materials to market.

🔨 It’s time for The Home Depot to build a safer future!

#MindTheStore #BanPVC

Investors are warning HomeDepot: PVC is a business risk.

☣️ Made with vinyl chloride (a known human carcinogen)
📉 Facing possible bans in NY, WA, and the EU
🧱 Safer alternatives exist

Time for #TheHomeDepot to lead.

#BanPVC #PVCFree #ESG #MindTheStore

South Carolina Says PFAS-Contaminated Farmland Should Be Superfund Site For years a textile mill gave farmers its sewage sludge as free fertilizer. Today the land is full of “forever chemicals.”

PFAS aren’t just a health threat — they’re poisoning farmland and putting farmers’ livelihoods at risk.

It’s past time for retailers, brands & policymakers to act.

Must-read @nytimes.com piece:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/c...

#PFAS #MindTheStore #ForeverChemicals

A New Year’s Resolution: A Toxic-Free Environment! The new year brings a shared resolve to make positive changes in our lives. In 2025, we’re committed to continuing to push for a safer, toxic-free material economy. Toxic chemicals have no place in ou...

From our friends at @ecologycenter.bsky.social: Shopping for safe products shouldn’t be difficult. Yet the Retailer Report Card found that most retailers are failing to protect consumers from toxic chemicals and harmful plastics.

#MindTheStore

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New webinar recording: insights from the latest Retailer Report Card - Toxic-Free Future This week, we held a webinar to share the key findings, trends, and recommendations from our 2024 Retailer Report Card. In case you missed it, you can watch the webinar recording in the video below an...

ICYMI: our webinar last week shared key findings, trends, and recommendations from our 2024 Retailer Report Card.

🍿 Watch the webinar and download slides at the link below.

#MindTheStore #susty #sustainability

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What retailers, policymakers, and brands need to know: Insights from the Retailer Report Card on trends, policies, and best practices - Toxic-Free Future Retailers, policymakers, and brands are invited to join this webinar to learn about the findings, trends, and policy recommendations from the 2024 Retailer Report Card.

Retailers, policymakers, and brands are invited to join our @toxicfreefuture.bsky.social webinar next week to learn about the findings, trends, and policy recommendations from the 2024 Retailer Report Card. #MindTheStore

Details here: toxicfreefuture.org/blog/what-re...

Retailers have made progress on phasing out harmful chemicals, nonprofits say End-of-year reports from Toxic-Free Future and Clean Production Action analyzed how companies are addressing PFAS, PVC and other chemicals of concern in plastics, packaging and more.

Our 2024 Retailer Report Card found that retailers like
Apple, Sephora, Walmart & Target have made progress phasing out harmful chemicals from products & packaging - demonstrating that it's possible for retailers to do better.

#MindTheStore

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The Truth About Toxic PFAS Chemicals—and How Retailers Are Responding Among 50 evaluated retailers, the average grade was a D+, with 17 companies earning failing grades and landing in the “Toxic Hall of Shame.”

Great post from VPIRG on the 2024 Retailer Report Card!

Among 50 evaluated retailers, the average grade was a D+. Retailers must do more to ensure the food we eat, the products we use, and the environments we inhabit are safe. It's time to #MindTheStore!

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Please, Don't Buy Your Loved Ones Toxic Gifts for the Holidays | Common Dreams A new report reveals that most of the biggest retailers in the U.S. and Canada need to do more to protect consumer health from dangerous plastics and chemicals.

Great op-ed from @rommwatt.bsky.social on our Retailer Report Card:

"The business community will never solve all of our problems, but if retailers want to keep their customers and investors happy, they will need to do more to protect our health." #MindTheStore
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With #BlackFriday just one week away, is your favorite retailer taking action on toxic plastics and chemicals like #PFAS and #PVC?

Or is it one of the 17 failing retailers such that ended up in our #MindTheStore @toxicfreefuture.bsky.social Toxic Hall of Shame?

Find out! RetailerReportCard.com

Key Findings 2024 - Toxic-Free Future Toxic-Free Future updated the criteria for the 2024 Retailer Report Card, reorganized as “Four Essential Elements for a Safer Marketplace.”

👀 Which retailer was most improved? Which sector earned the lowest scores? Which retailers were evaluated for the first time?

Learn more by reading the 2024 Retailer Report Card!

#MindTheStore

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Tell retailers in the Toxic Hall of Shame it’s time to restrict harmful chemicals and plastics! - Toxic-Free Future Tell the members of the 2024 Retailer Report Card “Toxic Hall of Shame” to protect customers from toxic chemicals and plastics in products and packaging.

📣 Retailers need to hear from you. Tell the CEOs of the 17 retailers in the Toxic Hall of Shame that toxic chemicals and plastics have no place on store shelves.

They must #MindTheStore

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So well said @anniemleonard.bsky.social !

#MindTheStore

See which 17 brands made ‘Toxic Hall of Shame’ for using ‘dangerous’ chemicals — Chipotle, Trader Joe’s get Fs on report card The nonprofit Toxic-Free Future graded brands including Apple, Sephora, Target, and Walmart.

The @newyorkpost.bsky.social did a great job covering our #MindTheStore RetailerReport Card.

"So how did your favorite brands fare on their Retailer Report Card? Of the 50 they graded, only 4 got As — and a whopping 17 flunked completely."

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Retailer Report Card - Toxic-Free Future

🎁As you head into holiday shopping season, find out: Is your favorite retailer committed to selling safer products? Or did it earn a place in the 2024 Toxic Hall of Shame?

Check out the new report from our friends at Toxic Free Future. #MindTheStore

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Grades 2024 - Toxic-Free Future The 2024 Retailer Report Card grades the largest retailers in the U.S. and Canada on their actions to eliminate highly hazardous chemicals and plastics and replace them with safer solutions.

You can see how all 50 retailers scored in the new #MindTheSTore retailer report card here. Click through each company to view a detailed evaluation of where they're leading and where they're lagging on toxic chemicals and plastics.

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Toxic chemical ‘Hall of Shame’ calls out retailers in time for holiday shopping | CNN Major retailers earned a grade of F for failing to protect customers from hazardous chemicals and plastics in the products they sell, a new report says.

CNN did a fantastic job covering our new #MindTheStore Retailer Report Card.

Don't miss this fabulous story!

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Retailer Report Card - Toxic-Free Future

BREAKING: Our 2024 Retailer Report Card was just published!

🎁As you head into holiday #shopping season, find out: Is your favorite retailer committed to selling safer products? Or did it land in the Toxic Hall of Shame?

retailerreportcard.com

#MindTheStore @toxicfreefuture.bsky.social