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Target Targets Triclosan

Retailer expands its Product Sustainability Index.

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By: TOM BRANNA

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Triclosan is just one of the chemicals under fire now that retailer Target Corp. has expanded its Product Sustainability Index, the list of chemicals it wants suppliers to take out of their products. The list includes nearly 600 substances on Health Canada’s roster of prohibited cosmetic ingredients, such as coal tars and bisphenol A. It also adds triclosan, an antibacterial ingredient that is under review in hand soaps and sanitizers by the US Food and Drug Administration and was banned from pr...

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