Amazon has just banished these products in the United States.

The online retail giant ensures not sell products containing that.


During our lives, weConsume about 44 pounds of microplasticAccording to a recent WWF International study, which breaks down to a plastic safety helmet each year. Recently, the big retailers took stock ofwhat is actually in the edibles they sellAnd now, Amazon takes action. The largest online retailer of the world announced this week this weekProhibit a range of toxic chemicals and plastics in its food packaging.

This move follows the first introduction of the company of its chemical policy in 2018, which limited the way toxic chemicals could be used in many baby products, cleaning and beauty sold on the site, as well as Products for removing brand paint. Read to find out what the Amazon ban prohibits exactly and why, and for a very different prohibition to be aware, to checkNordstrom became the first retailer to prohibit these products.

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The prohibition understandsallAmazon products?

Amazon Go grocery store that requires no check out and no lines
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Amazon's new list of restricted substances will apply to Amazon Kitchen brand products, as well as those sold by Amazon Go, Amazon Go Eprocery, Amazon Fresh and new grocery deliveries. "No business should use chemicals which can alter the immune system of a person, especially as we fight against a global pandemic, "Laure Valeriano, Executive Director of the Future Campaign without toxicity, said in a declaration. "While we continue to fight for critical government policies to protect us from toxic chemicals in food packaging, it's welcome to see how businesses, such as Amazon, do what's right."

What is prohibited exactly?

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The list of prohibited substances comprises plastics such as PFA, BPA and PVC, as well as toxic materials such as lead, mercury and arsenic. These toxins have been linked to a wide range of health problems, including certain types of cancers, high cholesterol, fertility problems and others.serious health problems, Grocery dive notes.

What about products not made by Amazon?

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Amazon stated in their statement that they started working on ways to help customers discover, identify and buy products "with safer formulations and sustainable attributes". Essentially, they ensure that certifications in the sustainability of branded products and third-party sellers - such as "Safer choice, ""Steady, ""Green joint," and "Cradle"-Art featured more in evidence.

What are the other companies on these toxic materials?

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The removal of Amazon is in line with a series of initiatives that see state governments and local governments as well as trademarks moving to the phaseToxic chemicals out of the packaging of food. Washington and Maine both started eliminating the PFAs in food packaging, the laws due to fully effect in 2022.

Meanwhile, in the last two years, the tastes of Alberton, Cava, Chipotle, Kroger, Pana Bread, Sweetgreen, Trader Joe's and Whole Foods Market have all announced movements to reduce or eliminate chemicals in food packages . And for more information on the country's largest online retailer, check howYou can be forbidden from Amazon to do this common thing.


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