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A wide selection of certified environmental products was displayed at the National Building Products Exp0sition & Conference in Chicago, Il., last month. Certification of environmental claims for hardline products has gained in the past three years with increasing numbers of building product reteilers committed to selling certified products.

"It has become clear that a wa0ershed has been reached in our industry," said Mark Eisen, envirorunental marketing manager for Home Depot. "We've now reached the critical mass we need to begin advertising the environmental achievements of our vendors."

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Stores carrying certified products include Ace Hardware, Builder's Square, Busy Beaver Home Centers, Chase-Pitkin, Coast to Coast, Courtesy Home Centers, Handy Andy Home Improvement Centers, Hechinger, HomeBase, Home Depot, Lowe's, NHD Stores, Orchard Supply Hardware, Pergament Home Centers, Sears, ServiStar, Stambaugh-Thompson, Sutherland Lumber and True Value Hardware Stores.

'We're glad to see that our work of the past few yean is now bearing fruit"" said Richard Lindsay, National Retail Hardware Association director of sales. "In a very short time, oul industry has learned the value of presenting accurate, verified environmental infomration to our cuslomers."

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Ernst Delays Stock Offer

Ernst Home Center Inc., Seattle, Wa., posponed its public offering of

2.9 million shares of stock at $15 to $17 last month with plans to review the decision this month.