Hazardous or Toxic Materials
Seresto Flea and Tick Collars Can Injure or Kill Pets Class Action
Seresto flea and tick collars, from Bayer Healthcare, LLC, Bayer Corporation, and Bayer AG, are some of the best-selling collars for preventing pets from getting fleas and ticks. Unfortunately, the complaint alleges the collars have caused tens of thousands of injuries to pets and as many as 1,700 deaths because of the combination of three Read more
Praxair Levels of Benzene in Butane Washington Class Action
Linde Gas Equipment, Inc., which does business as Praxair Distribution, Inc., provides butane gas to other businesses, including marijuana processors like the plaintiff in this case, Mountain Hi, LLC. But the complaint alleges that butane gas provided to customers in Washington after August 31, 2018 may have contained impermissibly high amounts of benzene, so that Read more
Investigation of Toxic PFAS Chemicals in Makeup
When you apply your makeup, are you smoothing toxic chemicals over your face and in your lip and eye areas? You might be, if you’re using certain brands and types of makeup products, says a new study from Notre Dame University. Read more
Norlite Facility Control of Fugitive Dust Emissions Class Action
The Norlite, LLC facility in Cohoes, New York is an aggregate production and hazardous waste incineration facility, which was bought by Tradebe Environmental Services, LLC and Tradebe Treatment and Recycling Northeast, LLC in 2011. The complaint alleges that the companies do not adequately control fugitive dust emissions from the Norlite facility, despite the a plan Read more
Emtal Industrial Talc Asbestos Settlement
This settlement concerns a number of asbestos-exposure cases between 1984 and 2009. In these cases, the complaint for this one alleges, Engelhard Corporation, its former law firm Cahill, and their employees made misstatements or hid evidence about the evidence for asbestos in Emtal industrial talc. Emtal talc was a brand of talc used to make Read more
Windex Marketing of Products as “Non-Toxic” Class Action
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. makes Windex products that it packages in bottles with a notation “Non-Toxic Formula.” However, the class for this action alleges that the products do in fact contain toxic ingredients and are therefore deceptively advertised. Read more
Walmart No Cancer Warnings on Roundup California Class Action
The herbicide Roundup contains a substance called glyphosate which is alleged to be a carcinogen. This class action brings suit against Walmart, Inc. for selling various formulations of Roundup “despite knowledge that Roundup may cause cancer.” Read more
Former Ametek Facility El Cajon Contamination Settlement
This settlement resolves two of four class actions concerning contamination of land in El Cajon, California. The first class action, against Ametek, Inc., Thomas Deeney, and Senior Operations, LLC, concerned the fact that Amatek had a facility on the site between 1968 and 1988, including a storage tank for manufacturing materials. The complaint alleged that Read more
Rainbow Light Prenatal Vitamins Judgment
This class action was brought by the People of the State of California against Nutranext, LLC, Nutranext Business, LLC, Nutranext eHealth, LLC, Rainbow Light, LLC, and Rainbow Light Nutritional Systems, LLC, pertaining to advertising claims for Rainbow Light Prenatal Vitamins. The allegations included that the companies engaged in unfair competition and false advertising by making Read more
Home Depot Toxic Chemical Methyl Chloride in Paint Strippers Class Action
The first death related to the chemical methyl chloride was documented in 1980, nearly forty years ago, says the complaint for this class action. But the complaint alleges that Home Depot, Inc. continued selling paint strippers containing this toxic ingredient for another thirty-eight years, despite the fact that other, similar retailers had stopped selling them. Read more