Girl Scouts, cookies and pesticide

Girl Scouts sued by New Yorker over alleged heavy metals, pesticides in Thin Mints, other cookies
The proposed class-action lawsuit cited a study that found Girl Scout cookies contained at least four of five heavy metals – aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury – that can
Girl Scouts Sued After Study Allegedly Finds Heavy Metals and Pesticides in ‘100%’ of Sampled Cookies
A woman in New York is suing Girl Scouts of the USA after a study allegedly found aluminum, arsenic, lead, and mercury and pesticides, including glyphosate, in a sample of cookies
Girl Scouts Sued Over Alleged Heavy Metals And Pesticides In Popular Cookies
The nonprofit denied claims its cookies include metals, arguing some pesticides are found “nearly everywhere in the food chain.”
Girl Scouts sued over claims of ‘heavy metals’ and pesticides in cookies
A proposed class action lawsuit was filed against the Girl Scouts and the bakeries behind their cookies alleging the presence of toxins in the famous sweet treats.
Girl Scouts sued over alleged heavy metals, pesticides in cookies
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 court in the New York City borough of Brooklyn against the 113-year-old nonprofit and the cookies' licensed producers,
Girl Scouts sued over alleged heavy metals, toxins in some cookies
The lawsuit refers to tests that allegedly confirm Girl Scout cookies contain heavy metals such as aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury, as well as pesticides such as glyphosate, our ABC affiliate in Salt Lake City reports.
Girl Scout cookies may contain heavy metals. Why is our food like this?
Heavy metals and other toxins can probably be found in all manner of foods in our pantries if we were to use sensitive enough tests, experts say.
Girl Scout Cookies: Where to find them this weekend in Staunton, Waynesboro and Harrisonburg
Girl Scout Cookies are on sale throughout the area until the end of March. Here's where you can find them this weekend.
Girl Scout Cookie Fans Say They 'Need Everything' From 'Dream' Collab
If you can’t get enough of Girl Scout cookies and wish you could experience the sweet treats in other ways, you’re in luck with their newest collaboration. The iconic cookies are the inspiration for a limited-edition line of makeup products from Hard Candy that’s prompting fans to declare they “need everything” in the collection.
Pesticides, microplastics disrupt early life of endangered sunflower sea star, study finds
Pesticides and microplastics could drive a West Coast native animal to extinction and further harm marine life, according to ...
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Bayer wants ‘clarity’ for pesticides in the farm bill
Bill Anderson, the CEO of Bayer, which now owns Monsanto, the maker of glyphosate, wants the next farm bill to include ...
Column: Spraying pesticides on bougainvillea and other plants harms nature and people
But this is the worst thing you can do for your bougainvillea.
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Court Orders Trump Fish and Wildlife Service to Protect Endangered Species From Atrazine, Chlorpyrifos, Three Other Toxic Pesticides
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to assess what steps are needed to reduce widespread harms some of the ...
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Catastrophic Harm to Women from Pesticides Drives Call for Their Elimination
Following International Women’s Day, celebrated on March 8, 2025, the poignant findings on gender and hazardous substances in ...
Pesticides, microplastics may threaten sea star recovery, study finds
A new study shows that exposure to pesticides and microplastics could set back the recovery of sunflower sea stars.