One of the best selling mattress brands on Amazon is accused of being a health hazard in a newly filed lawsuit that alleges fiberglass in the product caused customers injury.
Zinus, a Tracy, California-based furniture company, is facing a class action lawsuit alleging that the material used in its ‘Green Tea’ mattress’ fire-resistant lining mix fiberglass with modacrylic can injure users.
While the material is covered by a outer-lining, the suit says that because the company does not warn against removing that covering – which has a zipper to do so – it is liable for injury that comes as a result of it.
The suit ties the exposure to itchy and irritated skin, roofing kitchen design nausea, eye injury, respiratory infections and other lung problems and even shards of glass getting embedded in the skin. It also says that some who have been exposed to the fiberglass have been forced to trash furniture and clothing that have been exposed as the material can not later be removed.
As of Tuesday morning, the products are still available on Amazon. Suits have been filed in Illinois and California since 2020, according to a The company earns as estimated $128 million per year in revenue each year, nearly 25 percent the sales of Casper, one of the most recognizable sleep brands in America.
Zinus products, which rake in an estimated $128 million each year, have fiberglass fire-resistant coating that is allegedly causing health issues for many users
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Zinus, whose ‘green tea’ mattresses are among the best selling products on Amazon
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In a website set-up to recruit plaintiffs for the class-action suit, it’s alleged that: ‘the defectiveness of the mattress lies in the presence of a zipper on the outer cover of it, which indicates to the consumer that there is nothing wrong with removing it for laundering.
‘The labels of their mattresses state that they contain 62% fiberglass but fail to warn people against removing the outer cover so as not to expose the inner layer of fiberglass.’
It specifies nine Zinus products in particular, including: Zinus Green Tea Memory Foam Mattress, Cooling Gel Memory Foam Mattress, Spa Sensations Theratouch Memory Foam Mattress, Sleep Master Ultima Comfort Mattress, Slumber 1 Quilted Pocket Spring Mattress, Green Tea Gel Memory Foam Mattress, Spring iCoil Mattress, Ultima Comfort Memory Foam Mattress, Relief Cloud Memory Foam Mattress.
‘A lawsuit and related misinformation campaign is misleading consumers about the type of mattress materials used to comply with fire regulations and protect our customers.
The type of chemical-free fire safety material that we use is standard in the mattress industry across all price points,’ a Zinus spokesperson told DailyMail.com.
‘To protect the internal fire barrier, customers should not remove the outer mattress cover.
The label discloses the contents of the mattress and warns against removing the outer cover. Zinus mattresses currently being sold include locked zippers without pull tabs and an additional sewn-in label that warns against removing the outer cover.
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