Wal-Mart Is First, Amazon Is Worst in New Ranking on Chemicals

  • Study looks at 11 retailers’ policies on harmful substances
  • Amazon, Costco are lowest-ranked for ingredient transparency
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Here’s one area where Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is handily beating Amazon.com Inc.: telling shoppers what ingredients are in the products they’re buying.

That’s the conclusion of a scorecard that ranks major retailers’ policies on harmful chemicals. Wal-Mart holds the top spot, followed by Target Corp. Amazon occupies last place in the study, which is scheduled to be released Wednesday.