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Menards to stop selling toxic flooring

Public Radio 90, WNMU | By Hans Ahlström
Published July 10, 2015 at 2:44 PM EDT
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  EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — The home improvement chain Menards is planning to stop selling a vinyl flooring that contains a toxic chemical.

The Eau Claire company plans to end sales of products with phthalates (thah-LAYTS'). The chemical compound has been banned by federal regulators in many children's products, but not in flooring.

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Hans Ahlström
Hans Ahlström is the host of several programs including the daily musical variety show Weekday, the mostly straight ahead jazz show Night Studio, the self explanatory Blues Today, and the eclectic Sound Spectrum. You can also hear Hans as the local host of NPR's All Things Considered news magazine. He also helps manage Public Radio 90's web content, interviews local and visiting writers and artists, works with NMU student interns, and writes the occasional news story.
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