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Vintage and new items from discount stores may contain lead and can be especially dangerous for children, who often put their hands in their mouths after touching anything within reach.

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Health & Safety

Whether from an antique shop or discount store, toxic lead items are easy to buy

10:35am August 01, 2022

Lead is regularly found in vintage items more than 40 years old, but also in many new, cheaply made dollar-store goods. Children are especially susceptible to lead-poisoning even at low levels.

Shoppers line up near sale signs at a Burlington store in New York in June.

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Economy

How A Retail Chain Without A Website Powered Through The Pandemic

8:08pm February 17, 2021

by Alina Selyukh

Burlington shut down online sales in March right before coronavirus lockdowns. But it's among the discount retailers that have endured the pandemic surprisingly well, even opening new stores.

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Mueller plans to build his chicken barns in this cornfield just south of his home. His barns would house "breeders," the hens that lay the eggs that will hatch to be raised for meat.

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Farmers Take Out Millions In Loans To Raise Chickens For Big-Box Retailers

4:08pm June 22, 2017

by Grant Gerlock

To slaughter 2 million birds per week, Costco is contracting poultry farmers. But this requires a major financial investment from small producers, and the payoff may not be guaranteed.