WARNING: Dollar Tree Found To Sell Toxic Products That Could Harm You And Your Family!

Ever buy your kid a toy from the dollar store? What about school supplies or jewelry or cute, affordable home decor? Of course all of us have– and now all of us have to stop.

A recent study carried out by HealthyStuff working with the Campaign for Healthier Solutions reveals that there are poisonous chemicals in most of the dollar store products. In fact, 133 out of 164 items tested positive for dangerous chemicals.
That’s a whopping 81% of dollar store items that contain toxic chemicals.

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The chemicals found include phthalates, polyvinyl chloride plastic which is discovered in PVC or vinyl, and harmful metals such as lead. Most of these chemicals tested at an alarming level and a minimum of 32% of products went beyond the levels of phthalates that the Customer Product Security Commission has limited for children’s products.

These hazardous chemicals in dollar stores are harming our families and could result in serious illness such as:

• Birth defects


• Lowered fertility


• Learning disabilities


• Diabetes


• Asthma


• Cancer

The threats involved from buying products at discount retailers are higher in children

Exposure to dangerous chemicals and dangerous metals like lead can harm brain development in children which leads to learning disabilities, brain toxicity, and other serious health impacts.

The study does not even look at food products, which represent 40% of dollar store sales, and contain packing that’s a possible source of other harmful chemicals including BPA which is linked to obesity and early puberty.

Ready to ditch the dollar store products and toxic chemicals?

Unfortunately, many low-income families don’t have much choice in the matter. Four of the largest discount rate retailers including Family Dollar, Dollar Tree, Dollar General, and 99 Cents Only, overall $36 billion in sales and have more operational stores in the United States than Walmart.

Thankfully, there has been a recent movement in major retailers to give consumers more choice in much safer items. Corporate policies offered to the public that identify, disclose, and replace priority toxic chemicals with more secure alternatives is fortunately becoming the norm.

Discount retailers need to follow this movement

Major dollar stores will quickly find that the threats of selling harmful chemicals not only lie with the customers, however also in their own business. Other companies, such as Mattel, who have been exposed for selling harmful products, have already seen a major loss of earnings.

In addition to exposing dollar stores through the findings of this study, the Campaign for Healthier Solutions is asking that discount retailers remove all hazardous chemicals from their products in store.

They likewise ask that levels of government ensure dollar stores adhere to relevant laws and regulations and adopt public policies that help eliminate toxic and unneeded chemicals when more secure options are available.

We can likewise help remove toxic chemicals in dollar stores

By letting dollar stores know families demand safe and healthy products, we can help change the policies of discount retailers. Keep in mind, these companies are nothing without their customers, and if customers refuse to buy harmful products they will be forced to comply with consumer demands.

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WARNING: Dollar Tree Found To Sell Toxic Products That Could Harm You And Your Family!