Sunday, February 27, 2011
Nothing is completely evil
Witness Wal-Mart, a company more noted for destroying Main St USA and encouraging off shoring by its vendors, than engaging in any civil good. Even the Great Retail Satan can show a good side now and again.
Wal-Mart is banning a controversial flame retardant found in hundreds of consumer goods, from couches to cameras to child car seats, telling its suppliers to come up with safer alternatives.US chemical manufacturers have ceased or will cease producing this chemical by next year. Wal-Mart's action will have the effect of forcing its Chinese suppliers to comply as well.
In perhaps the boldest example yet of "retail regulation," Wal-Mart is stepping ahead of federal regulators and using its muscle as the world's largest retailer to move away from a class of chemicals researchers say endanger human health and the environment...
Now, Wal-Mart has turned its sights on polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDEs, a class of compounds used since 1976 as flame retardants in electronics, furniture, sporting goods, pet supplies, curtains and toys, among other things. In a recent notice to suppliers, the company said it would begin testing June 1 to make sure products do not contain PBDEs.
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