Clairol Hair-Dye Suit Cites PPD Use, ‘Inadequate’ Home Sensitization Test

Current and former owners Coty and P&G knew or should have known about product hazards associated with Clairol Balsam Color hair-dye kits that are not adequately communicated to consumers, including the sensitizing potential of p-phenylenediamine, according to a putative class action filed in Alabama district court.

Add Coty, Inc. and Procter & Gamble Co. to the list of personal-care marketers defending against putative product-liability class actions based on alleged ingredient dangers or other “defects.”

A suit filed in mid-December in the US District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, Southern Division, cites the Clairol owner and former owner, respectively, for negligent design and failure to warn, breach

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