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Dollar Stores in US, Canada Selling Products Containing Large Amounts of Toxic Chemicals: Report
epochtimes ^ | 4/13/2022 | Katabella Roberts

Posted on 04/14/2022 10:53:20 AM PDT by bitt

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To: tinamina

two words: Plastics


21 posted on 04/14/2022 11:12:28 AM PDT by refermech
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To: sloanrb

We can also thank the EnviroMental Safety NAZIs for losing asbestos.

There just isn’t a better flame/heat deterrent.


22 posted on 04/14/2022 11:12:30 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVd)
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To: Seruzawa

“What? All electronics use lead solder”

No. Rohs has been in effect for a long time.

And it sucks cause the new stuff does not melt easily.

Oh, and the whiskers of death.


23 posted on 04/14/2022 11:12:36 AM PDT by algore
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To: bitt

All them chemicals only harm Californians... so who gives a F.

lol, I refer to the ubiquitous CA warning on everything you buy...


24 posted on 04/14/2022 11:14:39 AM PDT by Bobalu (I’m not nuts about Russia. But the lunatics who hate them tend to hate me too)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

The “Dollar Tree” is now a “$1.25 Tree”. 25% increase in one fell swoop. I think it changed right before Christmas. I hadn’t been there for a while and a day ago while walking through the store I never saw such junk. Definitely a change. Even the candy isn’t quality.


25 posted on 04/14/2022 11:15:15 AM PDT by Maudeen (https://thereishopeinJesus.com/)
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To: bitt

Epoch times paywall kept me from reading. Would be nice to know which products. I just about buy only products made in USA from dollar tree store,...except some non edible poor quality once a while scrapers or USB cables. They have a lot of made in USA food products or other products. I just buy as little from China as possible.
Epoch times is a publication affiliated with Falun Gong....and they would love to see CCP lose lots of business.


26 posted on 04/14/2022 11:15:22 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: bitt

Which stores don’t? It’s not like products sold in these stores are different.


27 posted on 04/14/2022 11:15:28 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: bitt
"Campaign for Healthier Solutions" — never heard of 'em.

Does it seem that the Government and its proxies are at war against working class people? One way folks have been fighting Bidenflation is by shopping at discount stores.

I survived leaded gasoline, leaded paint, Agar, mercury fever thermometers, no bike helmets, wandering unsupervised through miles of woods, fields, and swamps, ticks, snakes, what have you — all before the first grade.

The dollar store isn't going to kill anybody.

28 posted on 04/14/2022 11:17:24 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: 1Old Pro

You can die with enough water.......


29 posted on 04/14/2022 11:18:03 AM PDT by Osage Orange (1961 VW Two Door Truck)
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To: sloanrb

Oh jeez. It’s worse than I thought. Are they putting this in aircraft too? No wonder cars have so much electronics trouble when they get old.


30 posted on 04/14/2022 11:22:01 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: bitt

When you pay a dollar for something that cost more than a dollar to make... They obviously cut corners somewhere in the food chain... I.E. Did you actually expect the food to be from the manufacturer on the label?


31 posted on 04/14/2022 11:23:36 AM PDT by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: Maudeen

I generally don’t buy candy....but I’ve seen DG has just normal candy bars and such...


32 posted on 04/14/2022 11:25:36 AM PDT by Osage Orange (1961 VW Two Door Truck)
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Campaign for Healthier Solutions

Color me skeptical

33 posted on 04/14/2022 11:36:12 AM PDT by tomkat ( SOTU = FUBAR )
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To: sloanrb

That figures. Apparently, washing your hands after handling your calculator and before you eat never occurred to these people.


34 posted on 04/14/2022 11:41:45 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Florida: America's new free zone.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel; sloanrb
When I was in my environ-MENTAL phase, my father gave me a book for my birthday called Trashing the Planet. It was written by a Reagan Admin EPA official named Dixy Lee Ray, and it basically upended a number of things I had been told about our supposedly fragile environment.

One of those changes was about asbestos. There are two types, one that is relatively harmless to humans, and one that is harmful (different crystal structures). 90% of the asbestos being used in the US was the harmless variety. And, of course, cleaning out the asbestos in places such as classrooms, by putting fibers into the air, could also do more harm than good.

While working around asbestos a lot can cause a lung condition called asbestosis, for most people, the stuff is simply harmless, if the more common, non-harmful version is being used. We can start doing widespread use of it again as long as you have a simple regulation excluding the small amount that is genuinely harmful, and maybe another to try to prevent asbestosis in manufacturing workers. That's it. No bans.

35 posted on 04/14/2022 11:48:15 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Florida: America's new free zone.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Dixy Lee Ray was also governor of the State of Washington.


36 posted on 04/14/2022 11:53:59 AM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: bitt

The article discusses objects not food so, it is full of chit...


37 posted on 04/14/2022 11:56:32 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Osage Orange

I have a dear friend in the nursing home, and she really likes the Russell Stover Miniature Sugar-free mints and Coconut Bars that come individually wrapped in smaller packages. No more at the Dollar Tree according to an employee and sometimes can be purchased at Dollar General.

I’m a senior citizen now and my mother back when we were kids wouldn’t let us go into some stores because of the harsh chemical smells. She was right on it! We were blessed with super parents.


38 posted on 04/14/2022 11:58:08 AM PDT by Maudeen (https://thereishopeinJesus.com/)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Strangely believe it but Eastman Chemical Co is where I live. They manufacture a product used as can lining.

An arrest was made in Michigan of a Chinese woman PhD chemist who worked for Eastman and is said to have transmitted all the product info to a Chinese company of which she was a part owner before moving to Michigan and being arrested.


39 posted on 04/14/2022 12:01:20 PM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Promoting Afro Heritage diversity will destroy the democrats)
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To: bitt

“... selling products that contain a large number of toxic chemicals,..”

And I’ll bet they all have labels, “Made in China.”


40 posted on 04/14/2022 12:11:25 PM PDT by elpadre (And here in NCini)
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