Target Tightens Grip Over Chemicals in Bid to Make Goods Safer
- Retailer pushing vendors to ditch some chemicals as well
- Target’s move follows a similar effort by Wal-Mart last year
Target Corp. shopping carts sit inside a company store in Chicago.
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Target Corp. introduced a sweeping new policy governing chemicals in products, a move that will push hundreds of suppliers to list ingredients in everything from fragrances to floor cleaner.
The guidelines, due to be unveiled Wednesday, include removing perfluorinated chemicals and flame retardants from textiles in the next five years, as well as eventually disclosing ingredients in all products.