What began as TikTok vids showing that Stanley’s well-known Quencher tumblers had lead in them has now turned into full-on lawsuits. An attorney business in Seattle is suing Stanley’s parent company, Pacific Market International, in two states because its Stanley Cups have lead in them, according to NBC News. Two women, one from California and one from Nevada filed two different lawsuits. If they had known the cups had lead in them, they say, they would not have bought them.
After there was a lot of talk on social media about Stanley products possibly having lead in them, the company stated in January that their products do, in fact, have some lead in them. According to a statement from the company, the Quenchers are sealed with pellets that contain lead. A company said it’s an inaccessible function at the bottom of its product.
Stanley Cups: Lead Concerns and Company Response
“Right now, an industry standard pellet is used to seal the vacuum insulation at the base of our products during the manufacturing process. The sealing material contains some lead…””You can be sure that there is no lead on the surface of any Stanley product that the customer or the contents of the product come into contact with,” the statement said.
The brand’s CEO, Stanley, said it would “vigorously defend itself against meritless claims.” The statement said, “As we have already said, there is no lead on the surface of any Stanley product that comes into contact with the consumer or the contents of the product.“
In spite of this claim, the case says that if the tumbler is broken or worn, the seal could break, letting lead into the tumbler. Also, the lawsuit says that Stanley’s designers and manufacturers knew for years that the products had lead in them “but chose to conceal it from the public presumably to avoid losing sales.”One of the plaintiffs says Stanley has continued to “hide the known risks and failed to warn of known or scientifically knowable dangers and risks associated with ingesting lead,” which is known to be harmful even in small amounts.
Stanley users use a reactive agent home test kit to check their tumblers for lead in the videos that have become popular on TikTok. Even though the tumblers tested positive, there are some concerns about how reliable these tests really are.
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