Air Purifiers’ False Germ-Killing Claims Preyed On COVID Fears, Plaintiffs Say

(September 27, 2023, 2:59 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A group of consumers in a new putative class action filed in California federal court assert that two manufacturers of air purifiers “prey on consumers’ fears” of germs and during the COVID-19 pandemic misrepresented their products as capable of killing airborne pathogens, allegedly in violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL)....