Week of Action TOOLKIT
November 9-13, 2015
Please see full table of contents below for all the materials in this Toolkit.
WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK:
On Monday, November 9, Campaign representatives will deliver 150,000 petition
signatures from all over the United States (and some from other countries!) to the
headquarters of 99-Cents Only in City of Commerce, California (part of Los
Angeles). On Thursday, November 12, representatives will deliver the petition
signatures to the headquarters of Dollar General in Goodlettsville, Tennessee
(outside of Nashville).
You can support these actions and the campaign from anywhere!
Please support our request this week (November 9 through 13) that dollar store
chains to join other retailers that are phasing out hazardous chemicals from the
products they sell by:
 Visiting a local dollar store, talking to the manager or another
employee, and leaving a letter with the manager (see letter below that
you can personalize, print out, and leave with the store manager)
o Please visit a Dollar General store or 99-Cents Only store, but if you
don’t have those in your area, Dollar Tree or Family Dollar stores are
OK too.
 On Monday, November 9, call the 99-Cents Only headquarters to
support our event that will be happening outside their building (see call
numbers and script below)
o Please ask others to call too!
 On Thursday, November 12, call the Dollar General headquarters to
support our event that will be happening outside their building (see call
numbers and script below)
o Please ask others to call too!
Table of Contents
Material
Page
How You Can Participate in the Week of Action
1
History and Focus of the Campaign for Healthier Solutions
3
Product Testing Report and Letters to CEOs
4
Campaign Background Materials
4
Talking Points and Letter for Store Managers
5
Scripts for Phone Call Actions on November 9 and November 13
7
Sample Media Advisory
* includes background information on campaign actions this week
9
List of Campaign Supporters
11
Petition Signature Collection Form
* can be used to collect local signatures to deliver to dollar stores
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HISTORY
All families deserve safe and healthy products, and all communities deserve business partners
that will prioritize the health of their customers.
Rates of diseases and health conditions linked to chemical exposures have risen sharply across
the United States over the past several decades, especially for children.
Although some discount retailers (commonly called "dollar stores") have taken specific actions
to remove a few harmful products from their shelves or test some of their products, none of the
major dollar store chains have yet adopted comprehensive chemical disclosure or management
policies. Dollar stores are falling behind, exposing their customers, employees, and investors to
unnecessary risk. It's time for that to change.
We're calling on dollar stores to join other major retail chains, including Walmart and Target,
that have already adopted chemical management policies that require their suppliers to remove
many of the most harmful chemicals from the products they provide.
The Campaign for Healthier Solutions© is led by Coming Clean™, the Environmental Justice
Health Alliance for Chemical Policy Reform™, and the Workgroup for Safe Markets. The
campaign's leadership team includes representatives from Lideres Campesinas™ in Oxnard, CA;
Los Jardines Institute™ (The Gardens Institute) in Albuquerque, NM; People Concerned About
Chemical Safety in Charleson, WV; and Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services
(t.e.j.a.s.) in Houston, TX.
Over 140 diverse organizations from across the United States have joined the Campaign's call for
discount retailers to adopt and implement strong corporate policies to identify and disclose
chemicals in the products they sell, prioritize the most harmful chemicals for elimination, and
replace toxic chemicals with proven safer alternatives.
Coming Clean is an environmental justice campaigning collaborative composed of over 200
organizations and 300 individual experts in community organizing, business, science, medicine,
environmental justice, policy, and other critical areas. www.comingcleaninc.org
EJHA is a network of environmental justice organizations in 13 states building movement
towards safe chemicals and clean energy that leaves no community or worker
behind. www.EJ4All.org
The partners in the Workgroup for Safe Markets work together to shift the market away from
hazardous chemicals and toward safer chemicals and products. www.safemarkets.org
To learn more about the Campaign for Healthier Solutions, including how dollar store chains can
join other major retail and manufacturing companies in protecting their customers, employees,
and investors by phasing out hazardous chemicals, and how you can stay connected to the
campaign, visit the campaign’s web site at www.nontoxicdollarstores.org
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CAMPAIGN REPORT AND LETTER TO CEOS
In February 2015, we released new research finding that 81% of common household products
purchased at the four largest dollar store chains (Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, and
99-Cents Only) were found to contain one or more hazardous chemicals above levels of concern
for health and the environment. The report also outlined how dollar store chains are losing
ground to other retailers (including Walmart and Target) that have already adopted policies that
require their suppliers to remove many hazardous chemicals from the products they provide.
At the same time, over 140 health, medical, community, environmental justice, and other
organizations wrote to the CEOs of the four largest dollar store chains, asking them to meet with
the Campaign for Healthier Solutions to discuss solutions to the challenge of toxic chemicals
found in many products sold at dollar stores.
The campaign report (including product testing results) “A Day Late and A Dollar Short,” and
the letters to dollar store CEOs, are available in both English and Spanish on the CHS Materials
and Resources web page at http://ej4all.org/campaigns-and-activities/campaign-for-healthiersolutions/resources
OTHER CAMPAIGN BACKGROUND MATERIALS
Other background materials, that can be shared publicly, are also available on the Campaign’s
web site at www.nontoxicdollarstores.org and especially on the Resources page at
http://ej4all.org/campaigns-and-activities/campaign-for-healthier-solutions/resources and the
Background page at http://ej4all.org/campaigns-and-activities/campaign-for-healthiersolutions/background-and-supporters
These materials include:

Background on the Campaign, including supporters, at http://ej4all.org/campaigns-andactivities/campaign-for-healthier-solutions/background-and-supporters

Campaign report A Day Late and a Dollar Short in both English
(http://ej4all.org/assets/media/documents/Report_ADayLateAndADollarShort.pdf) and
Spanish (http://ej4all.org/assets/media/documents/Informe_SiempreTardeYAMedias.pdf)

Campaign brochure in both English
(http://ej4all.org/assets/media/documents/Brochure_CampaignforHealthierSolutions.pdf)
and Spanish
(http://ej4all.org/assets/media/documents/Folleto_Campa%C3%B1aparaSolucionesSalud
ables.pdf)

Complete results of testing dollar store products to certain hazardous chemicals:
http://www.ecocenter.org/healthy-stuff/reports/dollar-store-report
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TALKING POINTS FOR SPEAKING WITH A DOLLAR
STORE MANAGER (OR OTHER EMPLOYEE)
Once everyone is ready, then go inside the store and ask to speak to the store manager. If the
store manager is not there, you can speak to whichever employee is in charge at the store.
Remember that the store manager or person helping you may not know anything about toxic
chemicals in consumer products. And they don’t set corporate policies. We DO want them to
know our concerns and pass them on to corporate leadership. Speak from the heart and tell your
story. You don’t need to be an expert on chemicals. Here are some things you can say:
1. We are customers of your store.
2. Many people of color and low income consumers rely on Dollar Stores, which may sell
products that contain chemicals known to cause learning disabilities, cancer, diabetes,
reduced fertility, and other serious illnesses.
3. Recent tests by the Campaign for Healthier Solutions of products purchases from dollar
stores found that:
a. 81% of the products contained one or more hazardous chemical of concern
b. some contained phthalates, which are linked to early puberty in girls, birth defects
in the male reproductive system, obesity, diabetes and other health issues
c. some also contained other chemicals, including PVC which causes health and
environmental concerns throughout its life cycle.
d. Lead was also found in some products. Lead is known to harm brain
development, leading to learning disabilities, lower IQ, and other impacts. There
is no safe level of lead exposure for children and it should not be in your products.
4. We want your company to:
a. meet with the Campaign for Healthier Solutions to discuss solutions;
b. adopt a chemicals policy to remove toxics from products that you sell;
c. work with your suppliers to remove toxic chemicals from the products they
provide;
d. disclose hazardous chemicals present in the products you sell;
e. work with suppliers to find safer alternatives.
5. All families deserve access to safe household goods, children’s toys, and food that are
free from harmful chemicals.
6. Selling products free from toxic chemicals is not just the right thing to do – it also builds
customer loyalty and avoids costs and liabilities.
7. Please make sure that that our message travels up to your highest corporate levels. We
know that you don’t set corporate policies, but we want your corporate leadership to
know that this issue is important to the customers of your store.
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SAMPLE LETTER TO PERSONALIZE, PRINT, AND
LEAVE WITH DOLLAR STORE MANAGER
November 9, 2015
Dear Store Manager,
I am here because I’m concerned about toxic chemicals found in everyday products sold at your
store. I value the presence of your business in my community. Your store is an important source
of household products for my family.
As a customer, it is often frustrating trying to find safe products that are free of harmful
chemicals, and I believe your store can play an important role in providing safer products for my
family and my community.
I am here today as part of the national “Campaign for Healthier Solutions” that is asking the
largest dollar store chains to join Walmart, Target, and many other retail and manufacturing
companies by adopting a chemical management policy to identify, disclose, and replace
hazardous chemicals in the products they sell.
I would like to see your company join your peers in challenging your suppliers to tell you and
your customers what chemicals are in the products they provide, and replace hazardous
chemicals with alternatives that are proven to be safer.
Laboratory testing of products purchased from the four largest dollar stores chains around the
country, including your company, found hazardous chemicals in the kinds of products I buy for
my home and my family. The chemicals found in dollar store products include PVC (vinyl)
plastic, phthalates, organic tin compounds, flame retardant chemicals and heavy metals that have
been linked to asthma, learning disabilities, reproductive problems, cancer, and other serious
health problems.
The Campaign for Healthier Solutions has repeatedly offered to meet with your company’s staff
to openly discuss these issues and offer expertise and assistance. We hope that your leadership
will accept our offer to meet soon so that we can begin to work together on solutions that will
benefit both your businesses and our communities.
I hope that you will talk to your company headquarters about our visit and our concerns, and
encourage your company’s leadership to respond by joining other major retailers that have
already adopted policies to remove hazardous chemicals from the products they sell.
Thank you for your attention to this critically important issue.
Sincerely,
Your Name, Your Affiliation (if any), Your Contact Information
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PHONE CALL SCRIPTS
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9 PHONE CALL – 99-CENTS ONLY
Focus:
99 Cents Only Stores CEO - Geoffrey Covert
4000 East Union Pacific Avenue
City of Commerce, CA 90023
Day:
Time:
November 9th
Please make your call BEFORE 2pm Eastern / 1pm Central / 12pm
Mountain / 11am Pacific
Call-in Script
If you are unable to reach the top person on the list, work your way down the list until you are
able to speak with a person.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Jennifer Solomon, Executive Assistant to CFO Phone: (323) 980-8145 x1272
Maider Izeta, Communications Specialist: (323) 595-9849
Phone at Headquarters: (323) 980-8145
Customer Relations: (888)-582-5999
My name is ___________ and I am one of over 150,000 people who signed the Campaign for
Healthier Solutions petition in support of removing toxic products from your shelves because I
believe that your customers should have access to clean, healthy products. All families deserve
safe products, including your customers. [or use your own reason for supporting the petition]
I am calling to support a meeting with members from the Campaign for Healthier Solutions,
who are at your headquarters today. They travelled from across the country to deliver the petition
signatures, talk to you about replacing toxic products on your shelves, and offer their assistance
to develop solutions. Please listen and take action to protect the health and safety of your
customers.
Please, establish a policy that requires your suppliers to remove hazardous chemicals from the
products they supply, and replace them with less toxic and healthier items.
* see Thursday, November 12 call script on next page *
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 PHONE CALL – DOLLAR GENERAL
Focus:
Dollar General CEO - Mr. Richard Dreiling
100 Mission Ridge
Goodlettsville, TN 37072
Day:
Time:
November 12th
Please make your call BEFORE 11am Eastern / 10am Central / 9am
Mountain / 8am Pacific
Call-in Script
If you are unable to reach the top person on the list, work your way down the list until you are
able to speak with a person.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Dan MacDonald, 615-855-5209
Crystal Ghassemi, 615-855-5210
Mary Winn Pilkington, 615-855-5536
Brunswick Group: Steve Lipin or Shahed Larson, 212-333-3810
Media Hotline, 877-944-DGPR (3477)
Also, you can email him directly at: rdreiling@dollargeneral.com
My name is ___________ and I am one of over 150,000 people who signed the Campaign for
Healthier Solutions petition in support of removing toxic products from your shelves because I
believe that your customers should have access to clean, healthy products. All families deserve
safe products, including your customers. [or use your own reason for supporting the petition]
I am calling to support a meeting with members from the Campaign for Healthier Solutions,
who are at your headquarters today. They travelled from across the country to deliver the petition
signatures, talk to you about replacing toxic products on your shelves, and offer their assistance
to develop solutions. Please listen and take action to protect the health and safety of your
customers.
Please, establish a policy that requires your suppliers to remove hazardous chemicals from the
products they supply, and replace them with less toxic and healthier items.
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SAMPLE MEDIA ADVISORY
Feel free to use this template if you would like to send out a media advisory in your area.
*****News Event Advisory for Monday, November 9th******
Contact:
Eric Whalen, Communications Coordinator with Coming Clean, (971) 998-8786
Jose T. Bravo, Campaign Coordinator with Campaign for Healthier Solutions, (619) 838-6694
Consumers to Deliver 150,000 Petition Signatures to 99 Cents Only Headquarters in
Commerce as Part of a National Campaign to Eliminate Toxic Chemicals Found in the
Chain’s Products
99 Cents Only has failed to take action to protect customers after a recent report showed 81%
of products tested from dollar stores, including 99 Cents Only, contained toxic chemicals
linked to cancer, learning disabilities, and other serious illnesses.
WHAT: Public health organizations, environmental justice groups, and families from across the
nation will converge on the Commerce, CA headquarters of discount retail chain 99 Cents Only
to deliver over 150,000 Change.org petition signatures which call on the chain to remove toxic
chemicals found in it’s products.
99 Cents Only, one of the nation’s largest discount retailers, has failed to take action after a
recent report found many of its products contained toxic chemicals at levels which may be
hazardous to consumers--especially children. Dangerous chemicals found in these products
included lead, phthalates, polyvinyl chloride, and others. These chemicals are known to cause
asthma, cancer, learning disabilities, and other ailments. People of color and low-income
communities are especially vulnerable to harm from these products as discount retailers are
disproportionately located in their communities.
Public health experts, environmental justice advocates, concerned parents and consumers will
hold a press conference to discuss these findings and then deliver the petition signatures to
corporate officials of 99 Cents Only. At the press conference, advocates will have products
purchased from discount retailers that were found to contain hazardous levels of toxic chemicals
available. The petition, which was endorsed by actress Jennifer Beals and hosted on Change.org,
quickly gained tens of thousands of signatures over the summer. This press conference is being
held in conjunction with petition deliveries and other events in X states during the week of
November 9th.
WHEN: Monday, November 9th at 11:00 AM
WHERE:
99 Cents Only Corporate Headquarters
4000 Union Pacific Ave.
City of Commerce, CA 90023
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Link to Google Map: https://goo.gl/maps/jq8z1ch9vw22
VISUALS:
 Public health and environmental justice advocates will join local parents and
children to hold the press conference directly in front of the 99 Cents Only corporate
headquarters.
 Products purchased from dollar stores and found to contain dangerous levels of
toxic chemicals will be on-hand.
 Several boxes containing the petition signatures will be colorfully marked.
 Interviews with advocates and community members will be available in Spanish
and English.
 Demonstrators and community members will have large placards and banners
calling on 99 Cents Only to phase-out toxic chemicals from its products.
Background Information:
Although a recent report from The Campaign for Healthier Solutions found that 81% of dollar
store products tested contained chemicals linked to cancer, developmental disabilities, and other
serious health issues, 99 Cents Only has yet to confirm a meeting with the campaign or adopt
corporate policies to identify and remove harmful chemicals from products sold in their stores
(as other major retailers such as Walmart, Target, and Staples have already done). The chemicals
of concern found in dollar store products tested include: phthalates, linked to birth defects,
reduced fertility, cancer, learning disabilities, diabetes, and other health issues; polyvinyl
chloride plastic (PVC or vinyl), which has been linked to asthma; and toxic metals such as lead,
which harms brain development, leading to learning disabilities, lower IQ, and other health
impacts, especially in children.
This press conference was organized by The Campaign for Healthier Solutions, a coalition of
over 100 diverse environmental justice, medical, public health, community, and women's
organizations, and similar events are being held across the country this week. The campaign
recently released a video starring Jennifer Beals to educate the public about the threat of toxic
chemicals in dollar store products. The campaign also sent a letter to the CEO of 99 Cents Only
offering assistance and asking for a meeting to discuss these issues, but has yet to receive a
response.
The Campaign for Healthier Solutions has enjoyed media coverage from across the nation
supporting its call for less toxic dollar store products, including these recent examples:
 http://www.wowktv.com/story/29506171/study-alleges-toxic-products-sold-atdiscount-stores#
 http://www.kplctv.com/story/29938597/environmental-group-questions-chemicallevels-found-in-some-dollar-store-products
 http://www.click2houston.com/news/protesters-urge-dollar-stores-to-stop-sellingitems-with-cancercausing-chemicals/33940182
 http://www.wvgazettemail.com/article/20150906/ARTICLE/150909756/1455
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140 Health, Community, Environmental Justice, and Other Organizations
joined the Campaign’s February 2015 request to dollar store chains to:
“meet with you to discuss how we can offer our assistance and scientific expertise in this
area to explore and promote the options available to improve your merchandise in a
manner that would benefit your company and, at the same time, help prevent negative
health impacts that may be associated with exposure to chemicals in your products.”
Coming Clean, Brattleboro, VT
Environmental Justice Health Alliance for Chemical Policy Reform, Brattleboro, VT
Alaska Community Action on Toxics, Anchorage, AL
Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, Thousand Palms, CA
Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, Mount Rainier, MD
American Friends Service Committee, Albuquerque, NM
Bernalillo County Place Matters, Albuquerque, NM
Beyond Toxics, Eugene, OR
Black Women for Wellness, Los Angeles, CA
Breast Cancer Action, San Francisco, CA
Breast Cancer Fund, San Francisco, CA
California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative, Oakland, CA
California League of Conservation Voters, Oakland and Los Angeles, CA
California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, Sacramento, CA
Californians for a Green & Healthy Economy, Oakland, CA
CAMBIO, Albuquerque, NM
Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, San Francisco, CA
Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas, Floresville, TX
Casa Malinalli, Albuquerque, NM
Casa Mayahuel, Los Lunas, NM
Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy, Minneapolis, MN
Center for Effective Government, Washington, DC
Center for Environmental Health, Oakland, CA
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
Citizens for Sanity.Com, Inc., Pasco County, FL
Clean and Healthy New York, Albany, NY
Clean Production Action, Somerville, MA
Clean Water Action, Oakland, CA
Coalition for a Safe and Healthy Connecticut, Hartford, CT
Coalition for Prisoners’ Rights, Santa Fe, NM
Coastal Women for Change, Biloxi, MS
Comite Civico Del Valle, Inc., Brawley, CA
Concerned Residents for a Toxic Free New Mexico, Artrisco, NM
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Connecticut Citizen Action Group, Hartford, CT
Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice, Hartford, CT
Connecticut Council on Occupational Safety and Health, Newington, CT
Connecticut Nurses' Association, Meriden, CT
Cornelio Candalaria Organics, Albuquerque NM
Corporate Ethics International, San Francisco, CA
Delaware Concerned Residents For Environmental Justice, Wilmington, DE
EcoHermanas, Washington, DC
Ecological Health Organization, Berlin, CT
Ecology Center, Ann Arbor, MI
El Chante: Casa de Cultura, Albuquerque, NM
Electronics TakeBack Coalition, Oakland, CA
Environment Maine, Portland, ME
Environmental Health Strategy Center, Portland, ME
Environmental Working Group, Washington, DC
Farmworkers Association of Florida, Apopka, FL
Friends of the Earth, Washington, DC
G.E.A.R. Parent Network, Augusta, ME
Global Community Monitor, Richmond, CA
Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, Miami, FL
Great Neck Breast Cancer Coalition, Great Neck, NY
Green America, Washington, DC
Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, San Francisco, CA
Greenpeace, Washington, DC
Grow the Future, Albuquerque, NM
Healthy Building Network, Washington, DC
Healthy Homes Collaborative, Los Angeles, CA
Healthy Schools Network, Albany, NY
Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition, Inc., Melville, NY
Indigenous Educational Design, Golden Valley, MN
Indigenous Environmental Network, Bemidji, MN
International Campaign for Responsible Technology, San Jose, CA
Jesus People Against Pollution, Columbia, MS
Jobs With Justice, Washington, DC
Just Transition Alliance, San Diego, CA
Kalipulli Itzcalli, Albuquerque, NM
Kentucky Environmental Foundation, Berea, KY
Kids Enabled, Atlanta, GA
La Plazita Institute, Albuquerque, NM
La Raza Unida Party, New Mexico
Learning Disabilities Association of America, Pittsburgh, PA
Learning Disabilities Association of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
Learning Disabilities Association of Maine, Windham, ME
Learning Disabilities Association of Michigan, Lansing, MI
Learning Disabilities Association of Minnesota, Golden Valley, MN
Learning Disabilities Association of New York State, Latham, NY
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Learning Disabilities Association of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK
Learning Disabilities Association of Tennessee, Memphis, TN
Leonard Peltier Support Committee, Albuquerque, NM
Lideres Campesinas, Oxnard, CA
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization, Chicago, IL
Los Angeles Community Action Network, Los Angeles, CA
Los Jardines Institute, Albuquerque, NM
Maine Labor Group on Health, Augusta, ME
Maine People's Alliance, Portland, ME
Maine Women's Lobby, Augusta, ME
MEChA de Colorado State University, Pueblo, CO
MEChA de Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
MEChA de University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
MEChA de University of California, Davis, CA
MEChA de University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
MEChA de University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
MEChA de University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX
Michigan Network for Children’s Environmental Health, Ann Arbor, MI
Minnesota Organizing for Change, Minneapolis, MN
Minority Workforce Development Coalition, Bear, DE
Moms Clean Air Force, Washington, DC
Moms Clean Air Force Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
Mossville Environmental Action Now, Mossville, LA
Mountain View Neighborhood Association, Albuquerque, NM
National Council for Occupational Safety and Health, Longmeadow, MA
Native Health Initiative, Albuquerque, NM
Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, CA
Nature's Friends, Victoria, VA
New Hampshire Learning Disabilities Association, Concord, NH
New Mexican Forum For Youth, Albuquerque, NM
New Mexico Acequia Association, Santa Fe, NM
New York State Sustainable Business Council, Beacon, NY
Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance, Gloucester, MA
Ohio Environmental Council, Columbus, OH
Oregon Environmental Council, Portland, OR
Parents For Students Safety, Franklin, TN
People Concerned About Chemical Safety, Charleston, WV
People for Community Recovery, Chicago, IL
Pesticide Action Network, Oakland, CA
Philadelphia Area Project on Occupational Safety and Health, Philadelphia, PA
Physicians for Social Responsibility, Washington, DC
Physicians for Social Responsibility - Los Angeles (PSR-LA), Los Angeles, CA
Physicians for Social Responsibility Maine Chapter, Portland, ME
Prevention is the Cure, Melville, NY
REACT (Rubbertown Emergency ACTion), Louisville, KY
Rural Coalition, Washington, DC
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Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families, Washington, DC
San Jacinto River Coalition, Houston, TX
Silver Valley Community Resource Center, Kellogg, ID
South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, Columbia, SC
Southwest Workers Union, San Antonio, TX
TerraScapes Environmental, Virginia Beach, VA
Texas Campaign for the Environment, Austin, TX
Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services, Houston, TX
The Birthing Project™ USA, Albuquerque, NM
The National Racism Free Zone Institute, Albuquerque, NM
The Praxis Project, Washington, DC
Toxic Free North Carolina, Raleigh, NC
UPROSE, Brooklyn, NY
WE ACT for Environmental Justice, New York, NY
West County Toxics Coalition, Richmond, CA
Women's Voices for the Earth, Missoula, MT
Worksafe, Inc., Oakland, CA
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CAN ADD LOCAL GROUP LOGO HERE TOO
www.nontoxicdollarstores.org
Dollar Stores: Phase out toxic chemicals found in your
products and stop exposing your customers, their children,
and your employees to unnecessary risks.
To: Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, and 99 Cents Only
All families deserve safe and healthy products, and all communities deserve business partners
that will prioritize the health of their customers.
Rates of diseases and health conditions linked to chemical exposures have risen sharply across
the United States over the past several decades, especially for children. Many manufacturing and
retail businesses have responded to growing scientific evidence that dozens of chemicals used in
everyday consumer products are harmful to health and the environment, and to consumer
demand for safer products, by committing to identify and replace harmful chemicals in the
products they make and sell.
Although some discount retailers (commonly called "dollar stores") have taken specific actions
to remove a few harmful products from their shelves or test some of their products, none of the
major dollar store chains have yet adopted comprehensive chemical disclosure or management
policies. It's time for that to change.
We're calling on you to phase out toxic chemicals found in your products and stop exposing your
customers, their children, and your employees to unnecessary risks.
Name
Email Address
City
State Zip Code____
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Name
Email Address
City
State Zip Code____
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