Maybe they would know who, in Sears, we can thank. I think it's very good for companies to know that consumers are aware of what they do.
Molly At 11:43 AM 12/13/2007, you wrote: >Yes, We can thank the Center for Health & Environmental Justice, Lois Gibbs >and Mike Shade. Their contact info is: >CHEJ http://www.chej.org/ >Lois Gibbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] >and especially Mike Shade [EMAIL PROTECTED] >who coordinated the campaign. >best >Tony > > >On Dec 13, 2007 11:21 AM, Joey Gates < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Tony, > > This is great news! > > Is there anyone we can email a thanks to? > > Joey > > > > > > Tony Del Plato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > With your help we did it again! *Only one month after announcing our > > Target > > victory, we're proud to announce Sears Holdings (Sears and Kmart) has also > > committed to phasing out PVC, the poison plastic, in their products and > > packaging. *This is a huge victory for CHEJ's PVC Consumer Campaign as > > Sears Holdings, the parent of Sears and Kmart, is the nation's sixth > > largest > > retailer with over $50 billion in sales/year and approximately 3,800 > > stores. *Big thanks go out to Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, the > > Investor Environmental Health Network, and everyone that signed onto the > > initial letter to Sears back in March'06 for helping to amke this victory > > happen!* > > > > While several retail outlets are now engaging in PVC phase-out policies as > > a > > result of all of our hard work, adding Sears and Kmart to the list is > > remarkably significant: 3 of America's top 6 retailers are now proactively > > > > phasing out PVC! > > * > > Help us continue the incredible momentum in 2008, preventing harm for > > everyone involved in PVC's life cycle. Here's how you can help:* > > > > - Help us leverage these exciting victories by *making a > > tax-deductible donation to this winning > > campaign. > > * > > - *Take action > > * for a healthy tomorrow. > > - *Learn more*about > > this major victory. > > > > Sears' actions will not only help parents looking for safer products but > > also fenceline communities fighting PVC's toxic lifecycle from Louisiana > > to > > China. Edgar Mouton, President of Mossville Environmental Action Now said, > > "Money talks and I hope that the vinyl companies polluting my community of > > > > Mossville, Louisiana are listening to Sears and Kmart, who will stop > > selling > > vinyl products and using vinyl packaging." Mr. Mouton's neighborhood is > > home to no less than 5 vinyl production plants, the largest concentration > > in > > the United States. > > > > When you mention Sears to someone, especially at Christmas time, it > > elicits > > memories of the Sears catologue and toy shopping; Sears holds a place in > > America's collective memory. It is fitting, right, and proper then, that > > Sears Holdings has been willing not only to recognize the potential > > dangers > > and harm caused by some of the products it currently sells, but has made > > the > > right decision to begin ridding its stores of this toxic PVC material. > > > > We hope you will join us in continuing the momentum in 2008. > > > > Yours for a healthy toxic-free future, > > > > Lois Marie Gibbs, Executive Director > > Center for Health, Environment and Justice > > > > -- > > > > Mike Schade > > PVC Campaign Coordinator > > Center for Health, Environment and Justice > > 9 Murray Street, Floor 3, New York, NY 10007-2223 > > Phone: (212) 964-3680 > > Fax: (212) 349-1366 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]/pvcwww.chej.org > > > > Sign up for the PVC Action Network, and help us protect our families > > and communities from dangerous chemicals in consumer products. Click > > on "sign up" at www.besafenet.com/pvc > > > > Thanks everyone > > Tony Del Plato > > > > > > -- > > May the conscience and the common sense of the peoples be awakened, so > > that > > we may reach a new stage in the life of nations, where people will look > > back > > on war as an incomprehensible aberration of their forefathers! > > Albert Einstein > > _______________________________________________ > > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > > [email protected] > > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Never miss a thing. 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