{
  "id": 15788183,
  "title": "Lawsuit accuses Essity, Edgewell, J&J of violating PFAS ban in California",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/lawsuit-accuses-essity-edgewell-j-j-of-violating-pfas-ban-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T19:31:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Manufacturing Dive",
    "slug": "manufacturing-dive",
    "url": "https://www.manufacturingdive.com/news/carefree-edgewell-essity-jj-gelsons-lawsuit-pfoa-pfas-california/833296/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Hundreds of Los Angeles County residents alleged the companies of manufacturing and selling Carefree pantyliners intentionally made with PFOA despite a legislation ban that began in January 2025.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}