Lawsuit Claims Amazon Sold Kids Sunscreen With ‘Alarmingly High’ Levels of Lead, Other Metals

Testing revealed some Amazon sunscreen products for children contained levels of lead at more than 1,200 parts per billion.

Amazon faces a class action lawsuit filed by two women who say the online retailer promoted and sold sunscreen for children that contained dangerously high levels of lead.

The complaint (PDF) was brought by Lauren Wolf and Elizabeth Correia in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington on April 30, naming Amazon.com Inc. as the only defendant.

The plaintiffs allege Amazon, as a retailer and third-party seller of children’s sunscreens, including products from Coppertone, ThinkBaby, Sun Bum Baby and other brands, was responsible for ensuring the products were reasonably safe for consumers.

Lead exposure can cause a variety of health problems and is particularly dangerous for young children because it may interfere with brain development, contributing to behavioral problems and long-term cognitive impairment. Even low levels of lead exposure have been linked to neurological damage for children.

The allegations come after several years of safety concerns involving sunscreen products, including recalls over benzene contamination that have prompted a series of sunscreen cancer lawsuits filed nationwide.

Children’s Sunscreen Lead Allegations

According to the lawsuit, Lead Safe Mama LLC released a report late last year that identified elevated levels of lead and cadmium in several sunscreen products. Some products contained especially high lead levels, including ThinkBaby Clear Zinc Sunscreen, which allegedly tested at more than 1,200 parts per billion.

The plaintiffs say they later conducted additional testing, which also found high lead levels in other products, including 365 Sport Mineral Sunscreen by Whole Foods Market and Sun Bum Baby Mineral Sunscreen Lotion. While the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requires regulatory action when lead in public drinking water reaches 15 parts per billion, the lawsuit notes that no comparable federal limit has been established for sunscreen products.

Wolf, who lives in Texas, says she purchased Sun Bum Baby and ThinkBaby sunscreen products through Amazon from June 2025 through March 2026. The lawsuit alleges the online product listings and advertising materials gave consumers no indication that the sunscreens, which were marketed for use on young children, contained elevated levels of lead.

Correia, who lives in California, alleges she had a similar experience after purchasing Sun Bum Baby sunscreen products and Blue Lizard Baby Mineral Sunscreen Stick through Amazon.

“If Amazon had disclosed that the Sunscreen Products contained (or had a material risk of containing) heavy metals including cadmium and lead, or that Amazon had inadequately tested, or never tested, or never required third-party sellers to test, for heavy metals, in its ingredients and/or finished Sunscreen Products, Plaintiffs would not have purchased the Sunscreen Products or otherwise would have paid less for them.”

– Lauren Wolf et al v. Amazon.com Inc.

The women claim that Amazon actively concealed the lead exposure risks of these products, in order to maximize profits. They are seeking class action status for the case, hoping to represent all purchasers of a list of sunscreen products named in the lawsuit as having been tested for high levels of lead. 

Wolf and Correia say all class members should be compensated for unknowingly buying products that were a health risk to their children.

The filing presents claims of violations of the Washington Consumer Protection Act and fraudulent concealment. It seeks punitive and compensatory damages.

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