Protest Over Pvc Targets Retailer

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NORMAL - About 30 community members rallied outside Target late Thursday afternoon to protest the retailer's selling of products that contain a substance that the protesters say is linked to cancer and birth defects.

PVC (polyvinyl chloride), sometimes called vinyl, is found in some packaging as well as some children's toys, teething rings, shower curtains, lunch boxes and shampoo bottles, said rally organizer Laurine Brown, a mother, Illinois Wesleyan University environmental health instructor and breast cancer survivor.

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Protest Over Pvc Targets Retailer

PVC releases toxic chemicals, she said. While other retailers, such as Wal-Mart, are phasing out PVC products an...

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