Campaign for Safe Cosmetics to Wal-Mart: No More Triclosan

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics is asking Wal-Mart to stop buying products containing triclosan, an ingredient in antibacterial soaps that causes serious health problems. The FDA has yet to ban the substance, but the CSC is asking Wal-Mart to embargo products containing the chemical. From the CSC’s website:

Ask a mega-retailer to help stem the demand for products that contain triclosan. Even if the U.S. FDA has no real power at the moment, Wal-Mart and its huge buying power do. E-mail the company and ask the retailer to add triclosan to the list of hazardous chemicals addressed under its new Business Sustainability plan.

Take it another step: Add your own comments and contact info to the letter, if you feel comfortable doing so, and deliver it to a Wal-Mart near you. Ask to meet with the store manager to hand-deliver the letter, and request that he or she pass the letter on to regional managers.

Visit the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics website to urge Wal-Mart to ban triclosan from its shelves.

Posted by Alex Goldschmidt on Monday, January 28, 2008

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