The B.C. Supreme Court has partially certified a class-action lawsuit against Kimblerly-Clark Corporation, the makers of Kleenex, after they produced flushable wipes that were contaminated with bacteria.
The suit was brought forward by Linda Bowman, a B.C. resident who purchased Cottonelle wipes at Costco on July 17, 2020.
She allegedly experienced exacerbated body pain and developed inflamed skin follicles and sores from using the wipes.
According to the court decision released on Aug. 28, that may have been due to the wipes being contaminated with the bacteria Pluralibacter gergoviae, which Kimberly-Clark maintained was “intermittent and infrequent” in a certain production line. The product
