11/2/06
CHEJ's Statement on Wal-Mart‘s Packaging Scorecard Announcement
Environmental Group Responds to Wal-Mart’s New Scorecard, Urges More Concrete Measures
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10/31/06
Environmental Group Reacts to Wal-Mart’s Safer Chemicals Announcement
CHEJ issues statement in response to Wal-Mart’s new safer chemicals initiative, urges company to go even further.
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10/11/06
More than 60 Organizations Urge Target to Join Other Retailers in Phasing Out PVC Products and Packaging
Target Stores Protested Nationwide in Conjuction with Flash Video Releases
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7/10/06
News Release! National Academies New Study Concludes Dioxin is Toxic
National Academies Study Finds that the Widely Disbursed Chemical Causes Cancer, Developmental Problems & Birth Defects
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5/9/06
Manufacturing and Sales of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Decline in Face of Environmental Health Campaign
Crabtree & Evelyn, Johnson and Johnson Expand Plans to Phase Out PVC Packaging Materials
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2/3/06
EPA Bans Testing Pesticides on Pregnant Women and Children
Federal Rule is First of its Kind to Govern Testing
Pesticides on Human Subjects
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12/21/05
New York City Council Passes Legislation to Reduce Purchase of Products Containing PVC, Lead, Mercury, Toxic Flame Retardants, & Other Toxic Chemicals
City Uses Enormous $11 Billion Purchasing Power to Drive Markets for Safer, Environmentally Friendly Products
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12/7/05
Microsoft Completes Phase Out of PVC, “the Poison Plastic”
HP, Crabtree & Evelyn, Kaiser Permanente, Catholic Healthcare West, Wal-Mart, and Others Join the Trend Towards Phasing Out PVC in Consumer Packaging and Products
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12/7/04
U.S. Facing Waste Crisis From Disposal of 70 Billion Pounds of PVC in Next Decade
Pervasive PVC Plastic Used in Baby Shampoo Bottles, Blister Packs and Toys Poses Serious Environmental and Health Threats According to New Study
Campaign Launched Urging Johnson & Johnson and Microsoft
to Switch to Available Safe Materials and Join Many Companies Phasing out PVC
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