USA He reported that Amy Mayo, a New York woman, filed a federal complaint on Monday, accusing the Girl Scouts of America and the Ferrero Usa and Interbake Foods cookie manufacturers, which worked as Bakers ABC, to sell cookies containing metals and heavy toxins.
Demand cites a study of two consumers groups
In the dress, Mayo quotes a study Of consumer groups, the mother in America and the transgenic science, who commissioned the cookies to be tried. The results returned with 100% of positive items for toxic metals such as aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury.
California, Iowa and Louisiana were the only three states with 100% of 13 of the 25 Girl Scout cookies containing high levels of glyphosate. This weed killer can cause “multiple health problems, such as cancer, endocrine interruption, bowel problems, abortions, sperm damage, autism, neurotoxicity and reproductive damage,” says the study.
Misinformation led many to believe that the FDA remembered cookies
Two popular cookie flavors, peanut butter cakes and thin mines, tested positive for four of the five toxic metals. According to the study, peanut butter clues had the highest Heavy metal pollutionWhile the thin mines had the highest glyphosate levels.
Although the independent study was not published in a scientific journal, the general panic Forbidden.
On February 12, Snops He verified the claim and confirmed that the FDA did not remember Girl Scout cookies and that social media misinformation was related to food security research and no confirmed health risk.
The dress, taking advantage of the findings of the studio, claims that the Scout Girl cookies contain harmful heavy metals and pesticide levels. He accuses the Girl Scouts to deceive consumers about the safety and quality of cookies. Mayo and other plaintiffs argue that they would not have bought cookies if they had known that information, for the USA today.
Girl Scouts of America responds to allegations
In addition, the demand seeks $ 5 million in damage to North -Americans and demands that cookie packaging be updated to spread the presence of harmful substances.
The Girl Scouts of America addressed complaints in a February 6 Publication of the blog.
“We want to be clear, there is no memory of Girl Scout cookies. Our license bakers adhere to all FDA food safety regulations and our cookies comply with strict quality standards,” said the organization.
“The health and safety of Girl Scouts and Cookie customers is our highest priority,” The Girl Scouts said in a blog post that responds to the complaints on February 6.
