Thank you again for signing the petition! Between Change.org and other sites, more than 100,000 consumers have signed the petitions to Lowe’s. Yet, they still sell these harmful products. Now it’s time to ramp up the pressure! Will you take a minute to call Lowe’s customer service? A quick call could help save lives. Here’s how: 1. Call Lowe’s customer service at (800) 445-6937 then press 4 then 1 to provide feedback to a representative. 2. You can use these talking points. Please feel free to put it in your own words. --I’m concerned that Lowe’s sells paint strippers containing the toxic chemicals methylene chloride and NMP. --These chemicals can be really dangerous. Methylene chloride can kill someone using it in a matter of minutes. NMP can cause miscarriage or stillbirth. --I want to trust that the products I buy from your company are safe. Please stop selling these products and any others that are dangerous to the health of your customers. 3. Tell us that you made a call. Just email bethkemler@saferchemicals.org and let us know how it went. As you know, more than 50 families across the country have lost loved ones to the deadly chemical methylene chloride. Drew died stripping paint from a floor at his small business. Kevin Hartley, a 21-year-old from Tennessee, died after stripping a bathtub for his family’s contracting business. The list goes on and on. But Lowe’s has refused to take paint strippers containing methylene chloride off store shelves. Lowe’s has also refused to stop selling paint strippers containing another toxic chemical called N-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP). This chemical can impact fetal development and can even cause miscarriage or stillbirth from just one day of exposure. Methylene chloride has been banned from paint strippers in the European Union for more than five years. And the E.U. is considering banning NMP in paint strippers too. In January 2017, the E.P.A. proposed banning these chemicals in paint strippers here in the U.S. But the agency recently backed off under pressure from the chemical industry. Tell Lowe’s to protect customers. Call them now! Thanks for your support! - the team at Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families