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Article: Domini Social Investments Joins Breast Cancer Activists to Place Product Safety Resolution before Avon Shareholders.
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- April 16, 2003
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 2003
Resolution would require cosmetics company to study feasibility of
removing possible carcinogen from its products
Avon Products Inc. (Ticker: AVP) shareholders are being asked to vote in favor of a resolution that would require the company to study the feasibility of removing chemical preservatives known as parabens, which may elevate breast cancer risk, from its products.
The resolution, which is opposed by the cosmetics corporation, is sponsored by Domini Social Investments, a leading socially responsible investment firm, and Breast Cancer ...