The market for toxic plasticizers in building materials is closing. Yesterday, a third major retailer - Menards - announced that it is following Home Depot and Lowe's leads, and will end the use of phthalate plasticizers in its vinyl floors by the end of 2015. This follows similar actions by the world's largest flooring manufacturers - Mohawk and Tarkett - and a stark warning issued in the new issue of Consumer Reports.
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Over twenty percent of the composition of some polyvinyl chloride (PVC, also called vinyl) sheet flooring is phthalate plasticizer. Public health authorities have determined that many phthalates are detrimental to developmental health. Some phthalates are carcinogens.

In its August 2015 issue of Consumer Reports, the Consumers Union warns that parents should regularly mop vinyl floors that contain phthalates, and wash their toddlers' hands, especially if children crawl on the floors.[1]