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A class action lawsuit alleges that Dr. Teal’s Epsom Salts do not produce any of the advertised health benefits.
Plaintiff Daniel Okoe says he purchased a three pound bag of Dr. Teal’s Pure Epsom Salt Soaking Solution, Detoxify & Energize with Ginger & Clay on Amazon for $4.87.
The Dr. Teal’s Epsom Salts class action states that Okoe purchased the product at least in part to receive the health benefits advertised on the label.
However, the plaintiff says he discovered after he purchased the product that the Epsom Salts did not provide the advertised benefits.
Okoe claims that the label represented that the Epsom salts would “cleanse away body’s impurities,” and that it “[e]ases aches and soreness from muscle pains.”
The plaintiff goes on to state that he used the product as directed but did not experience any of the promised benefits.
According to the Dr. Teal’s class action lawsuit, he was denied the benefit of his bargain, because he did not receive the benefits he expected to receive after making his purchase.
Okoe argues that he was financially injured by Parfums de Coeur LTD, the makers of the Epsom Salts, because the company allegedly misrepresented their products.
He says that “since using the Product in no way added to the ordinary experience of taking a bath, he was injured in the amount of the full purchased price.”
The Dr. Teal’s Epsom Salt class action lawsuit argues that Parfums de Coeur LTD knowingly misrepresented the Epsom Salts in an effort to gain more profits from the sale of the products.
Allegedly, many folk tales associate Epsom Salts with healing properties, and people seek out the salts because of the benefits that are supposedly associated with them.
However, the Dr. Teal’s Epsom Salt class action lawsuit goes on to argue that “these folk stories are just that, and no more,” claiming that the product cannot offer pain relief, as stated by Parfums de Coeur in the advertisement for the products.
Allegedly, the company “exploits the mythology that grew out of the discovery of Epsom salt four hundred years ago, in the scientifically ignorant early 17th century, in order to peddle a snake-oil solution to muscle pain that adds nothing to the benefits of an ordinary hot bath.”
Okoe then claims that the muscle pain relief is not the only fictitious benefit that the Epsom Salt’s maker advertises.
The Dr. Teal’s Epsom Salt class action further states that the company claims the salts can “detoxify” a user’s body.
The plaintiff says that in reality, detoxification is not a real process, but a pseudo-scientific concept “used to market health and wellness.”
Okoe argues that the defendant advertises their products as having detoxification properties in order to capitalize on consumers’ desire for products that have health benefits.
Allegedly, “detoxification” is only a real scientific context in the context of recovering from a dangerous level of drugs, alcohol, and poisons.
However, “detoxification,” as it is used in pseudo-scientific contexts and the “health and wellness” industry produces no benefits because it is “designed to treat a nonexistent condition.”
Okoe is represented by C.K. Lee of Lee Litigation Group PLLC and by Stephen M. Bourtin of The Boyd Law Group PLLC.
The Dr. Teal’s Epsom Salt Class Action Lawsuit is Daniel Okoe v. Parfums de Coeur LTD, Case No. 3:18-cv-01979-VLB, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.
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1,213 thoughts onDr. Teal’s Class Action Says Epsom Salts Have No Health Benefits
Should I file a class action lawsuit against Teals and its parent company because I bought Dr. Teals pure Epsom salt with melatonin, lavender and chamomile, and when I put it in my bathtub, the smell was so terrible that it made me sick to my stomach and gave me a headache that didn’t go away for like four hours. No, I won’t file a lawsuit over that. I’ll just spread the word on social media for people to beware of the “PARFUMES“ in these Epson salts. They smell nasty and can make some people sick. Honestly, I can’t imagine anyone not being sick from the sickeningly pungent “PARFUMES” and high concentrations of “essential oils”.
Wow I spend quite a bit on Dr teals salts and the oil bath foam . I buy where ever I can find the best price matter a fact I just bought two bags a few min ago. I don’t really feel much deference in using them but my body so beat up I try just about anything to try to get just a little relief from this 24/7 pain
Add me, please
Why are you so worried about what they are doing. Look at the ingredients most of their products have red, yellow and blue dye in them.
Add me please.
Wow I have bought multiple multiple multiple multiple bags of the different varieties of this product from Walmart in duluth Minnesota to find out its has done anything add me to lawsuit please.
Can I mix one tbs of epsom salt with a glass of water and drink it to help flush out the toxins inside my body?
I have used Dr. Teals variety of salts, oils and lotions as well as bubble baths. It has helped me in ways pills could not. Warm baths with Dr. Teals is my go too way to relax and ease (even if only sometimes temporarily) my aches and pains. (I have chronic back pain) this class action is a joke. Laughable, literally. A salt bath is NOT a cure all, and it would take more than a 3 lb bag soaking more than twice a week to be helpful in more long term ways. (Changing levels of magnesium). It’s not magic, it’s salt! Not to mention everyone has different thresholds of pain, so if you’re just tight, it may be more helpful than if you have slipped disks or chronic back issues. It’s not going to fix your bones for crying out loud. Obviously the person pursuing this is chronicly uptight, I’ve cut of people (and products) for not “doing what I hoped” but I never asked for the $20 back let alone took them to court over what I had expected of them. What’s this man’s address, I’ll send him 5 dollars to drop this outrageous waste of the courts time.
Really? The guy is out $5.00. I’m sure if you call them up they will give you your money back. Get a life and stop filing law suits for stupid cases. Epsom Salts work for my whole family. They are a detox after drinking alcohol and definitely sooth tired, achy muscles. That is what magnesium sulfate does.
well according to my quick google search, it looks like there is no biological pathway by which magnesium in any formcan be absorbed through the skin. maybe a tiny amount but not enough to change your magneiusm levels. youre better off taking a magnesium supplement while taking the bath! :D
Bro, spend the 5 bucks and take a few epsom salt baths.
Yes!!!
Who cares! Get a freaking life!!!
….or maybe that guy was on to something… maybe I should file a lawsuit with McDonalds for making me fat. Anybody out there think I got a shot?
Love the ginger and Clay! What a stupid lawsuit. Idiots is right! I will keep buying