L’Oréal Mascara Buyers Lack Standing for PFAS Deception Lawsuit

L’Oréal USA Inc. shook off, for now, a proposed class suit alleging it failed to disclose the presence of PFAS in certain waterproof mascara products.

Zaida Hicks and 13 other named plaintiffs lack standing to sue because they didn’t offer enough facts to allow the inference that the mascaras they bought contained PFAS, or that there was a material risk that they did, a New York federal court said.

The suit is part of a growing number that allege companies failed to disclose the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in cosmetics and other consumer products.

PFAS are used in ...