See which 17 brands made Toxic Hall of Shame for using dangerous chemicals Chipotle, Trader Joes get Fs on report card

Is your favorite retailer failing you?A new report by Toxic-Free Future, a nonprofit consumer product safety organization, revealed that most retailers in the United States and Canada are falling short when it comes to ensuring that the products they sell are made with the safest chemicals and materials on the market.So how did your favorite brands fare on their Retailer Report Card? Of the 50 they graded, only 4 got As — and a whopping 17 flunked completely.“With PFAS in our drinking water and toxics found in black plastic spatulas, it is shocking how little retailers are doing to help solve this health crisis linked to hazardous chemicals and plastics in consumer products,” Cheri Peele, senior project manager for Toxic-Free Future, said in a press release.Mike Schade, director of Toxic-Free Future’s Mind the Store program, added, “Simply banning toxic chemicals isn’t enough–retailers must go further to ensure that replacements are truly safer for consumers, communities, and workers.”Since 2016, Toxic-Free Future’s Retailer Report Card has provided consumers with an extensive assessment of retailer’s policies and programs regarding hazardous chemicals and plastics.

The latest report scored the practices and policies of the 50 largest retailers in the United States and Canada, a broad group representing 160 businesses and over 200,000 outlets selling billions of dollars of products.Owing to their size, Toxic-Free Future argues that these retailers hold the market power to demand and drive toxic chemicals and plastics out of the supply chain,The average grade recorded was a D+, with restaurant chains and dollar stores ranking the lowest.

Of the retailers evaluated, a startling 17 earned a failing grade, earning them a place in the “Toxic Hall of Shame.” Top offenders earning Fs include Chipotle, Subway, Trader Joe’s, Publix, McDonald’s, Macy’s, 7-Eleven, Five Below, LL Flooring (Lumber Liquidators), Nordstrom, Sally Beauty, Sherwin...