Medical/Health

McDonald’s has been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit that claims the fast-food giant marketed and sold Quarter Pounders without warning consumers that the burgers may be contaminated with E. coli.

A new proposed class action lawsuit aims to hold 3M and other chemical makers responsible for their manufacture and sale of highly toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances—PFAS—that were used in rugs, carpets and other in-home textiles for decades.

A proposed class action out of California claims General Mills Sales, Inc. has failed to warn consumers that Cocoa Puffs breakfast cereal contains a “dangerous” amount of lead.

The makers of Philips Avent and Dr. Brown’s baby bottles and sippy cups each face a proposed class action lawsuit that alleges the products leach harmful microplastics directly into the food and drink consumed by infants.

Johnson & Johnson faces a new proposed class action lawsuit that alleges the pharma giant’s ubiquitous Band-Aid products, unbeknownst to consumers, contain toxic “forever chemicals,” which can be harmful to humans even at very low levels.

Four consumers filed a lawsuit alleging that Stanley-brand cups contain lead and the maker failed to disclose this until January 2024.

A proposed class action claims The Wonderful Company has failed to warn consumers that its so-called “natural” Fiji bottled water is contaminated with potentially harmful microplastics.

A class action alleges the maker of the Omron Platinum Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor has defrauded thousands of consumers in that blood pressure readings from the device are “wildly inaccurate.”

23andMe faces a proposed class action lawsuit that alleges lax cybersecurity is to blame for a massive early-October 2023 data breach, which has reportedly resulted in users’ sensitive genetic and ancestry information going up for sale.