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[audio] Shareholders Seek Portfolio Detox
In the current corporate annual meeting season, shareowners have stepped up demands on companies to seek alternatives to toxic materials in their products... Corporate Watchdog Radio cohost Sanford Lewis, who is counsel to the Investor Environmental Health Network, discusses these and other fights with Richard Liroff, Director of the Network. Other companies discussed include Chemlawn [part of ServiceMaster], Bed, Bath & Beyond, SC Johnson, CVS, Dow Chemical, Wal-Mart, Mohawk Carpet [part of Mohawk Industries] [as well as Apple, DuPont, Avon, Johnson & Johnson, Sears, Scotts Miracle-Gro, ConAgra, Whole Foods, Wal-Mart, Sony, Target, Dr. Scholl's (part of Schering-Plough), SC Johnson]