Johnson & Johnson Stops Selling Talc-Based Baby Powder In U.S. And Canada

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Johnson & Johnson will stop selling talc-based baby powder in the U.S. and Canada after paying out billions of dollars in lost legal battles over claims the product causes cancer.

"From at least 1971 to the early 2000s, the company's raw talc and finished powders sometimes tested positive for small amounts of asbestos, and that company executives, mine managers, scientists, doctors and lawyers fretted over the problem and how to address it while failing to disclose it to regulators or the public," Reuters reported.

can occur naturally underground near talc. It becomes harmful when it breaks down and lodges in the lung tissue, possibly leading to diseases including lung cancer, asbestosis and mesothelioma.." And on Tuesday, they reiterated denials of the veracity of such claims: "Decades of scientific studies by medical experts around the world support the safety of our product. We will continue to vigorously defend the product, its safety, and the unfounded allegations against it and the Company in the courtroom. All verdicts against the Company that have been through the appeals process have been overturned."

 

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So they will keep selling it in other countries?

My pediatrician 26 years ago told me not to use. Smart woman.

Pretty sure it causes Covid

Now do guns.

I’ve been told for years to avoid talc because it’s linked to cancer... kind of surprising that it’s been a known thing but not enforced until legally necessary.

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I used this on my balls for like a decade. Thanks JJ, hope your balls are hot and sweaty in hell.

IS THAT WHY MY BALLS ARE SO DEFORMED?

If there is a way for lawyers to extract money from a company for any reason they will find a loophole and make them pay. Washington DC is full of lawyers, people need to understand that lawyers are simply grifters. You and I would be in jail for the crimes they commit

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