RE: baby powder (Johnson and Johnson)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/business/johnson-johnson-baby-powder-talc.html
FTA:
The Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating Johnson & Johnson over concerns about possible asbestos contamination of its popular baby powder and other talc-based products, the company said Wednesday.
In a securities filing, Johnson & Johnson said it was “cooperating with these government inquiries and will be producing documents in response” to subpoenas it had received. In a separate statement, the company said that “the inquiries are related to news reports” about the welter of lawsuits it faces from consumers who claim its talc products caused cancers.
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Some of the talc suits have gone to trial. Johnson & Johnson, which is based in New Brunswick, N.J., has prevailed in some cases and succeeded in overturning verdicts in others. It has appealed several judgments, including one from July in which a jury awarded $4.7 billion to 22 ovarian cancer patients and their relatives.
RE: baby powder (Johnson and Johnson)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/business/johnson-johnson-baby-powder-talc.html
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OH I remember that one! Thanks for those details!