The Obama administration decided that paint strippers that contained the chemicals methylene chloride and NMP (N-Methylpyrrolidone) were too dangerous to use and moved to ban them. The substances have been connected to dozens of accidental deaths. If you have ever used Klean Strip, Goof Off, or Jasco, you’ve used them and know just how potent they can be.
Even though the ban has not yet gone into effect, Lowe’s says it will phase out the products that contain the chemicals. This is during the same week that Starbucks committed to educating its employees about racial sensitivity.
Last year Target announced that by 2020 it will no longer sell household cleaning and beauty products that contain a number of chemicals considered dangerous, even though there are no regulations preventing their sale.
Maybe Monsanto will phase out Roundup.
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