The Guardian
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Girl Scout cookies contain heavy metals beyond safe limits, lawsuit alleges | Food safety | The Guardian
April 5, 2025 - Girl Scout cookies contain lead, arsenic, cadmium, aluminum and mercury at levels that often exceed regulators’ recommended limits, as well as concerning amounts of a toxic herbicide, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
San Diego Union-Tribune
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Girl Scouts San Diego sues snack food giant, alleges cookie contract breach cost council $1.1 million
5 days ago - A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by Girl Scouts San Diego alleges that Ferrero U.S.A., a massive multinational corporation whose subsidiary bakes Girl Scout cookies, broke a contract with the local Girl Scouts in 2024, throwing the nonprofit ...
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USA Today
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Girl Scouts hit with lawsuit over alleged heavy metals, toxins in its cookies
March 14, 2025 - A New York woman filed a lawsuit against the Girl Scouts of America alleging their cookies contain harmful levels of heavy metals and pesticides.
BakeryAndSnacks.com
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Girl Scout Cookies lawsuit: Lead, contaminants & toxic concerns
March 18, 2025 - The lawsuit accuses the organisation of failing to disclose harmful contaminants in their cookies - the very same cookies sold by young girls to families across the nation. Could this be the next major scandal to rock the food industry?
ClassAction.org
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Products. For example, on January 23, 2025, Plaintiff Mayo purchased three boxes of Girl Scout · Cookies which were produced by Ferrero and ABC Bakers and which were distributed and sold
Reddit
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r/GameTheorists on Reddit: The Girl Scout Cookie Lawsuit
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There's been a class action lawsuit against Girl Scouts, claiming that the cookies have potentially harmful amounts of certain pesticides and metals. The thing is, the study they're citing only had a sample size of 25 cookies in only 3 states. The legitimacy of the study, and by extension the lawsuit, seema questionable and worth investigating. Definitely the kind of thing that Santi could talk about on Food Theory.
Sources: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/03/11/girl-scouts-sued-over-alleged-heavy-metals-and-pesticides-in-popular-cookies/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/13/girl-scout-cookies-2025-toxic-lead-glyphosate/82322213007/
https://www.audacy.com/v103/latest/girl-scouts-sued-alleged-heavy-metals-and-pesticides
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Allrecipes
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Girl Scouts Is Being Sued After Tests Find Cookies Allegedly Contain Heavy Metals and Pesticides
March 13, 2025 - According to USA Today, the lawsuit alleges that Girl Scout Cookies contain dangerous levels of heavy metals and pesticides, and accuses the Girl Scouts of making false claims about the quality and safety of its products to the public.
Times of San Diego
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Girl Scouts San Diego accuses multinational cookie maker of breach of contract in federal suit
1 week ago - Girls Scouts San Diego, Dedrich said, has tried for nearly two years to negotiate a resolution with Ferrero, which has corporate offices in New Jersey, but could not come to an agreement. Ferrero’s commercial brands include Keebler cookies, Nutella and several candy bars, Nestle Crunch and Baby Ruth among them. “Because we teach girls the importance of integrity and business ethics, we were left with no other choice but to formally file a lawsuit,” she said.
ClassAction.org
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Girl Scout Cookies Lawsuit Alleges Treats Contain ‘Problematic’ Levels of Toxic Weed Killer, Heavy Metals
March 17, 2025 - A proposed class action lawsuit alleges certain Girl Scout Cookies are contaminated with "extremely problematic" levels of the pesticide glyphosate and harmful heavy metals.
Top Class Actions
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Class action claims Girl Scout cookies contain heavy metals, pesticides
April 4, 2025 - A new Girl Scouts class action lawsuit alleges the organization’s cookies are contaminated with heavy metals and pesticides.
Newschannel9
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Lawsuit claims girl scout cookies contain heavy metals, but mom says she's still buying
March 18, 2025 - A recent lawsuit claims some of the cookies sold byGirl Scouts of America containheavy metals, including lead, as well as the pesticide, glyphosate.But the gi
Woman's World
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Girl Scouts Sued Over Heavy Metals in Cookies: What We Know | Woman's World
March 13, 2025 - Fans of Girl Scout cookies may have recently been hit with the disappointing news that two flavors will be discontinued after this year, but now there’s something to look forward to: a new Girl Scout cookie-inspired treat! Rumor has it that the delicious flavor of one of the most popular cookies will be making its […] Glyphosate is an herbicide for eliminating weeds, and the lawsuit additionally claims that these cookies are “contaminated with dangerous heavy metals, including aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury…and pesticides, including glyphosate.”
KSL
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Girl Scouts sued over alleged heavy metals, pesticides in cookies | KSL.com
Consumers have sued Girl Scouts over alleged heavy metals and pesticides in cookies. A study found harmful metals and glyphosate in Thin Mints and other cookies. The lawsuit seeks $5 million in damages, citing consumer protection law violations.
Forbes
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Girl Scouts Cookies ‘Contaminated’ With Pesticides, Lawsuit Alleges
March 11, 2025 - A new lawsuit alleges cookies sold by the Girl Scouts include “dangerous” heavy metals and pesticides, though the youth organization has denied the claims in defense of its popular product, which draws in hundreds of millions of dollars ...
USA Today
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What is Moms Across America? Group's report on Girl Scout cookies sparks lawsuit
March 26, 2025 - Lawsuit: Girl Scouts hit with suit over alleged heavy metals, toxins in its cookies
FOX 5 San Diego
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Girl Scouts San Diego sues former cookie baker over contract dispute
1 week ago - SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Girl Scouts San Diego has filed a lawsuit against its former cookie baking partner, Ferrero U.S.A., and its subsidiary, Little Brownie Bakers, alleging the company improperly terminated its contract in 2024, the ...
Top Class Actions
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New Girl Scouts class action claims cookies contain unsafe levels of heavy metals, pesticides
August 1, 2025 - A new class action lawsuit, filed June 13, alleges Girl Scouts sells cookies containing unsafe levels of heavy metals and pesticides while a similar case filed in March, also in NY, remains pending.
6abc Philadelphia
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Girl Scouts of America facing class-action lawsuit claiming cookies contain heavy metals, pesticides and other toxins - 6abc Philadelphia
March 12, 2025 - The lawsuit seeks $5 million in damages for people who bought the cookies across the U.S. It also calls for the cookie sellers to disclose the substances on packaging. The Girl Scouts of America responded to the allegations on a blog post last month.
Post Crescent
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Reg Wydeven column: Girl Scouts and bakers face lawsuit alleging cookies contain toxins
July 12, 2025 - A lawsuit filed in New York claims testing of Girl Scout cookies found toxic metals and the herbicide glyphosate.
Reuters
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Girl Scouts sued over alleged heavy metals, pesticides in cookies | Reuters
March 11, 2025 - NEW YORK, March 11 (Reuters) - The Girl Scouts have been sued by consumers over the alleged presence of "heavy metals" and pesticides in its popular Thin Mints and other cookies. A proposed class action lawsuit was filed on Monday night in federal ...