Target Bandages Mislabeled as ‘Sterile’ Contain PFAS, Suit Says

Target Corp.'s Up & Up flexible bandages were deceptively marketed as “sterile” despite containing harmful per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, a new proposed consumer class action alleges.

Nowhere on the bandage packaging or labels does Target disclose the presence of PFAS, the complaint, filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida, says. “Reasonable consumers would believe” the bandages “to be free of harmful toxins, plaintiff Brenda Gudgel says.

The complaint notes that the Environmental Protection Agency has said PFAS can be harmful even at very low levels of exposure, “including at near zero in some instances.” ...