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Girl Scouts sued over alleged heavy metals, pesticides in cookies

The Girl Scouts of America are being sued for allegedly containing heavy metals and pesticides in their cookies, with a proposed class action filed in New York seeking at least five million dollars in damages.
Plaintiff Amy Mayo claims she bought Girl Scout cookies while believing they were safe and would not have purchased them had she known about the toxins.
In response, the Girl Scouts stated that heavy metals occur naturally and that their bakers follow food safety standards.
The lawsuit comes as chocolate makers have faced similar lawsuits over safety concerns after findings from Consumer Reports in December 2022.

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Lawsuit claims Girl Scout cookies contain heavy metals, pesticides, other toxins

A proposed class action lawsuit claims some Girl Scout cookies contain heavy metals, pesticides and other toxins.

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Straight Arrow News

Customer suing Girl Scouts for $5 million over metals and toxins in cookies

A customer is suing the Girl Scouts of the United States of America over claims that the organization's Thin Mints and other cookies contain "heavy metals" and pesticides. New Yorker Amy Mayo filed the lawsuit on Monday in federal court against the nonprofit and the cookies' producers, ABC Bakers and Ferrero USA Little Brownie Bakers. The lawsuit cites a study that said more than a dozen of the cookies contained at least 4 of 5 heavy metals incl…

7 hours ago

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