The Girl Scouts have been sued by consumers over the alleged presence of "heavy metals" and pesticides in its popular Thin Mints and other cookies.

Turns out, eating a whole box could be worse than you think. Your favorite Girl Scout cookies might be headed to court thanks to this damaging lawsuit.

The Girl Scouts organization has been made the subject of a lawsuit accusing Girl Scout cookies of containing dangerous pesticides and heavy metals.

The Girl Scouts are being sued over alleged heavy metals and pesticides in their cookies. The proposed class action lawsuit is being led by a Queens woman and was filed at federal court in Brooklyn on Monday.

Girl Scouts of America is facing a $5 million lawsuit from a woman who cites a study that found popular cookie types like Thin Mints, contain 'pesticides, heavy metals'

Girl Scouts has just been hit with a lawsuit alleging that its cookies contain dangerous levels of pesticides and heavy metals. Here's what to know.

And speaking of gut punches, the Girl Scouts are now facing a class action lawsuit in the federal courts of New York. The non-profit organization and the licensed bakers of their beloved cookies (ABC Bakers & Ferrero USA’s Little Brownie Bakers) are being sued, and the studies that Joe Rogan brought attention to are being cited.

The nonprofit denied claims its cookies include metals, arguing some pesticides are found “nearly everywhere in the food chain.”