No class action or individual lawsuit has been filed against Organyc tampons or their Italian manufacturer, Corman S.p.A. Searches for an Organyc tampons lawsuit generally surface a different set of cases: suits against other brands over misleading “organic” labeling and, more recently, over heavy metals found in tampons across the category. Organyc sits inside that broader legal picture without being named in it.
Which Tampon Brands Have Actually Been Sued
The most prominent organic-tampon case targeted This is L. Inc., a Procter & Gamble subsidiary. In August 2022, Danielle Paulson filed a class action in the Northern District of Illinois alleging that L. tampons marketed with a “100% organic cotton core” contained non-organic ingredients including polyester, paraffin, glycerin, and titanium dioxide.1ClassAction.org. L. 100% Organic Tampons Contain Non-Organic Ingredients, Class Action Says The complaint described the tampons as roughly 80 percent “not cotton” and 60 percent “not organic.”2Top Class Actions. This Is L. Class Action Says Tampons Deceptively Advertised as 100% Organic The parties filed a stipulation of dismissal on July 23, 2025; Paulson’s individual claims were dismissed with prejudice, and the putative class claims without prejudice.3ClassAction.org. Paulson v. This Is L. Inc., Stipulation of Dismissal
A second suit against This is L., filed in May 2024 in the Eastern District of New York, alleged the brand deceptively marketed its tampons as free of dyes and fragrances despite containing titanium dioxide.4Bloomberg Law. Organic Tampon Maker Hit With False Ad Class Action Over Pigment
Two separate lead-in-tampons cases are moving through federal court. In Barton v. Procter & Gamble, filed in the Southern District of California in July 2024, the plaintiff alleges Tampax Pearl tampons contain lead exceeding California’s Proposition 65 limits. In August 2025, Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel refused to dismiss most of the amended complaint.5Law360. P&G Must Face Claims of Unsafe Lead Levels in Tampons Kimberly-Clark faces a parallel class action over U by Kotex Click tampons, with plaintiffs citing lead levels of 0.437 to 0.560 micrograms per tampon against the Proposition 65 daily limit of 0.5 micrograms. A federal judge largely denied Kimberly-Clark’s motion to dismiss.6Bloomberg Law. U by Kotex Tampon Maker Can’t Shake Lead Deception Class Suit
Organyc is not a defendant in any of these actions.
The Heavy Metals Study That Involved Every Brand
The reason organic tampons keep coming up in this conversation is a July 2024 study from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health and Columbia University, published in Environment International. Researchers tested 30 tampons from 14 brands for 16 metals and found measurable concentrations of all of them, including lead, arsenic, and cadmium.7UC Berkeley School of Public Health. First Study to Measure Toxic Metals in Tampons Shows Arsenic and Lead
The finding that unsettled many readers was that organic did not mean cleaner. Lead levels ran higher in non-organic tampons, but arsenic ran higher in organic ones, and no category tested consistently lower across all metals. The researchers pointed to environmental contamination of the cotton and potential manufacturing additives as possible sources.8NPR. Tampons Heavy Metals Study
Two important limits on that study. The specific brands tested were not disclosed, so whether Organyc was among the 14 is unknown. And the researchers did not establish that the metals actually leach out of tampons into the body during use; they called that an open question requiring follow-up work.
What “Organic” Legally Covers on a Tampon
The gap between what “organic” implies to a shopper and what it certifies on a tampon is where most of this litigation lives. The FDA regulates tampons as medical devices but does not govern the word “organic” on their labels. That falls to the USDA’s National Organic Program. When a tampon is labeled organic, the term typically refers only to the cotton. It does not speak to plastic applicators, polypropylene overwraps, fragrances, colorants, or trace contaminants like heavy metals.9Consumer Reports. What Are Organic Tampons and Are They Worth Buying
USDA rules also separate labels that sound similar. A product marked “100 Percent Organic” must contain entirely organic ingredients, excluding salt and water. A product marked “Organic” needs at least 95%. Anything at 70% or above may only say “Made with Organic” ingredients and cannot carry the USDA organic seal.10USDA Agricultural Marketing Service. Organic Labeling Standards
What Organyc Says About Its Own Products
Organyc is made by Corman S.p.A. in Milan, a company producing cotton-based personal care products since the mid-1940s. The brand holds certifications from ICEA (the Ethical and Environmental Certification Institute), the Soil Association, GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard), and ECOCERT, and carries MADE SAFE certification, which screens products against a list of known harmful substances.11MADE SAFE. Organyc Products Corman states that Organyc tampons are made with 100% organic cotton.12Corman S.p.A. Organyc Best Organic Product
None of those certifications is a guarantee against trace metals of the type the Berkeley study measured across the category, and the study’s authors did not exempt any brand from their broader findings.
Rules That Are Changing Underneath Every Brand
The FDA does not currently require tampon manufacturers to disclose ingredients on packaging or to test for chemical contaminants. Its 2005 guidance recommends that tampons be free of dioxin and pesticide residues but does not mandate testing. After the Berkeley study, the FDA commissioned an independent literature review and began its own bench laboratory study to measure how much metal actually leaches from tampons in simulated use. Those results had not been published as of the latest available reporting.13NPR. Tampon Metals FDA Congress Democratic Women’s Caucus14FDA. Biocompatibility and Toxicology Program Research for Medical Devices
States have moved faster. New York, California, and Nevada require ingredient disclosure on menstrual product packaging or online. Vermont enacted the first ban on PFAS in menstrual products, effective January 1, 2026, along with restrictions on 17 other chemicals including phthalates, formaldehyde, mercury, and lead; violations are treated as consumer protection offenses.15Vermont Attorney General. Guidance on PFAS Product Bans Colorado, Maine, Connecticut, and Minnesota have passed their own PFAS restrictions for menstrual products.16Safer States. First-Ever Ban on Multiple Toxic Chemicals in Menstrual Products Signed by Vermont Governor
For someone using Organyc today, the practical picture is this: there is no active lawsuit against the brand, its certifications are in place, and the category-wide questions raised by the Berkeley study apply to organic and conventional tampons alike until the FDA’s leaching research and the pending lead cases produce clearer answers.