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Swan hydrogen peroxide class action overview:
- Who: A consumer is suing Vi-Jon, LLC, parent company of Swan brand hydrogen peroxide.
- Why: The plaintiff says the product is marketed as being good for treatment of cuts and abrasions but should not be used in that capacity.
- Where: The case was filed in Illinois federal court.
The owner of Swan brand hydrogen peroxide has been hit with a class action lawsuit alleging the product is marketed to help heal cuts and abrasions, when it allegedly makes them worse.
Plaintiff Stacy Abron filed the class action lawsuit against Vi-Jon, LLC July 2 in an Illinois federal court, alleging violations of federal and state consumer laws.
Vi-Jon manufactures and sells 3% hydrogen peroxide solution to be used for treatment of minor cuts and abrasions under the Swan brand, Abron says.
When hydrogen peroxide is applied to a cut, it instantly converts hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen, which generates a fizzing reaction. But while this fizzing may look like germ-killing, the “only thing dying” is the body’s fibroblasts, the skin cells responsible for healing cuts, Abron says.
Despite this, she says Swan hydrogen peroxide is marketed as “first aid to help prevent the risk of infection in minor cuts, scrapes and burns.”
“The statement that the product will prevent the risk of infection is false because studies show hydrogen peroxide is ineffective in preventing infection in minor cuts, scrapes and burns,” the Swan class action states.
Swan class action claims medical studies do not recommend hydrogen peroxide for cuts
Abron says the statement that the product will prevent the risk of infection is also misleading because studies show that hydrogen peroxide destroys possibly harmful bacteria, but it also destroys a greater amount of beneficial bacteria and the surrounding skin tissue, resulting in a slower healing process.
While hydrogen peroxide has antiseptic properties, the Mayo Clinic and numerous medical studies advise that it does not help treat minor cuts and abrasions and causes more harm than good, according to the Swan class action.
Abron looks to represent anyone in Illinois who bought the product, plus a consumer fraud multistate class of people from Alabama, South Carolina, Wyoming, Delaware, Alaska, West Virginia, Arkansas and Oklahoma.
She’s suing for breach of warranty and state consumer laws and seeking certification of the class action lawsuit, damages, fees, costs and a jury trial.
Meanwhile, an Illinois resident sued Walgreens for similar misleading claims regarding hydrogen peroxide.
Do you use hydrogen peroxide for cuts and scrapes? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!
The plaintiff is represented by Spencer Sheehan of Sheehan & Associates, P.C.
The Swan hydrogen peroxide class action is Stacy Abron v. Vi-Jon, Case No. 3:22-cv-50238, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Western Division.
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66 thoughts onSwan class action claims hydrogen peroxide not actually treatment for minor cuts, abrasions
Unfortunately I am in Oregon so I cannot join this class action I have multiple scars on my legs from using peroxide on wounds repeatedly. Thinking the cause of the bubbling was because I had an infection I used it over and over and it ate holes in my legs almost down to the bone. It is dangerous stuff.
add me please