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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.
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ClassAction.org
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Mayo v. Girl Scouts of the United States of America ...
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
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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.
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Verywell Health
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Should You Worry About Heavy Metals and Pesticides in Girl Scout Cookies?
March 19, 2025 - A woman named Amy Mayo filed a class-action lawsuit against Girl Scouts of USA on March 10, alleging that Girl Scout Cookies falsely marketed their products as free of toxins.
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BakeryAndSnacks.com
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Girl Scout Cookies lawsuit: Lead, contaminants & toxic concerns
March 18, 2025 - The contamination of the cookies contradicts the Girl Scouts’ ethical mission, undermining trust in the brand. The lawsuit seeks $5 million in damages, along with an injunction requiring clearer labelling and transparency in ingredient sourcing.
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Post Crescent
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Reg Wydeven column: Girl Scouts and bakers face lawsuit alleging cookies contain toxins
July 12, 2025 - The suit was filed in the Eastern District of New York and is seeking at least $5 million in damages and a court order requiring the Girl Scouts to affix a warning label on the boxes of their cookies, which they sell over 200 million of each year.
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Reddit
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r/GameTheorists on Reddit: The Girl Scout Cookie Lawsuit
October 3, 2024 -

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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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.
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Forbes
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Girl Scouts Cookies ‘Contaminated’ With Pesticides, Lawsuit Alleges
March 11, 2025 - The lawsuit—which does not claim anyone was sickened or harmed by the cookies—requests damages of at least $5 million for those who purchased Girl Scout Cookies in the U.S., citing violations of consumer protection laws.
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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.
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Reuters
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Girl Scouts sued over alleged heavy metals, pesticides in cookies | Reuters
March 11, 2025 - She said she would not have bought the cookies or "would have paid substantially less" had Girl Scouts disclosed the presence of "dangerous toxins." The lawsuit seeks at least $5 million in damages for U.S.
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ICLG
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Girl Scouts sued over allegedly contaminated cookies | ICLG
March 11, 2025 - The complaint states that Girl Scouts had taken “zero responsibility for the fact that defendants had failed to monitor and remove these toxins from their food products regardless of the fact that they are widely used”. The non-profit organisation has been reported to sell an average of 200 million boxes of cookies each year, with annual revenue exceeding USD 1 billion. According to the lawsuit, Girl Scouts and its manufacturers violated consumer protections laws contained in New York’s General Business Law (GBL) by “employing false, misleading and deceptive representations and/or omissions about the presence […] of toxins” in the cookies.
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Delish
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Girl Scouts Face Lawsuit Over Heavy Metals & Toxins Allegedly Present In Cookies
March 12, 2025 - New $5 million class action lawsuit claims that Girl Scout cookies contain heavy metals and toxins, sparking concerns over the safety of the popular treats.
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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.
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EHN
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Girl Scouts sued over claims of heavy metals and pesticides in cookies - EHN
March 18, 2025 - The lawsuit seeks $5 million in damages and demands updated packaging that discloses the alleged contaminants. ... "Small amounts of heavy metals can be found naturally in the environment, including in food products, due to air, water, and soil ...
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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
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Courier-Journal
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Girl Scouts hit with lawsuit claiming cookies are toxic, containing metals and pesticides
March 12, 2025 - The suit seeks $5 million in damages for U.S. buyers of the cookies, as well as an injunction requiring the cookie sellers to update packaging to disclose the presence of the substances.
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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.