Johnson & Johnson shares nosedive on report it knew of asbestos in Baby Powder

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Shares of Johnson & Johnson fell 10 percent on Friday after reports that the company knew for decades that cancer-causing asbestos lurked in its Baby Powder.

 

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So will James Hardie Industries get a partial refund for not being the only company which caused health issues from asbestos? Surely most recipients would have also been exposed to baby powder one way or the other. Win/Win for lawyers yet again.

WTAF?

After I had my 1st born 16 years ago my midwife actually warned me not to use any J&J products. I also had nurses in the maternity ward advise many of us mothers not to the J&J products that is given to all the mothers there in the hospital. They obviously knew something was off

Yup. That there is a company killer. And deservedly so too I might add.

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Well someone is telling lies,how do we find out if its uh or Reuters

The more credo the fewer values J&J The values that guide our behaviour are spelled out in Our Credo. Put simply, Our Credo challenges us to put the needs and well-being of the people we serve first – namely the doctors, nurses and patients, mothers and fathers and babies?

This stuff should never be used anyway

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I always laughed when people said private enterprise gets stuff done. I audited big companies for decades and almost always they made money by putting people last and not paying tax grifted

Please clarify... does it STILL have asbestos in the talc?

Criminals!

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