Johnson & Johnson tumbles after report says it knew for decades...its baby powder contained asbestos

markets.businessinsider.com ^ | Dec. 14, 2018, 11:12 AM | Rebecca Ungarino

[Larry Lucido]

Just simply amazing!

Perhaps you meant...

[C19fan]

Johnson & Johnson just poured gasoline on the asbestos litigation industry. I worked at a hq of an insurance company and there was a section of the building devoted solely to asbestos claims and litigation.

[Revel]

I see where this is going.

Everyone who get lung cancer can now sue Johnson & Johnson.

[SunkenCiv]

On July 12, 2018, a Missouri jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a record $4.69 billion to 22 women who alleged the company’s talc-based products, including its baby powder, contain asbestos and caused them to develop ovarian cancer.

(from Wikipedia)

[ConservativeMind]

I don’t believe this until additional evidence shows up.

[Yaelle]

How does anyone know what their mother put on their prives?

[Yaelle]

So unless you breathe via your va-jay-jay

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You’re kidding right? Lots of substances penetrate ALL SKIN on your body. Your mucous membranes even dangerously so.

[Augie]

The pharma cartel is about one thing - profits.

They do not care if their drugs heal you or kill you.
Either one is as good as the other, as long as it happens slowly.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

No dog in this fight as I don't use it. I just never liked talc that much. Or maybe it does not like me. Corn starch or arrowroot works much better for my needs.

But yeah I can see how, as they are both mined material, that you might get traces of one in the other. It is not like salt where you can purify it by washing.

Now are they going after the makeup companies as well? After all talc is in most makeups. Especially the cheaper ones.

[AFreeBird]

I don’t know if or where momma put it, but I know we had it in the house.

[TexasGator]

“Short, medium, or long fiber asbestos? The health implications vary wildly between the three.”

Not to a jury.

[TexasGator]

“Amazing their management could be so stupid thinking they could hide this.”

Get your facts right.

[rlmorel]

Well, we all know they talk through it.

[zeugma]

Is it irrelevant and minuscule parts per billion?

Most likely, especially if they actually say "trace amounts".

[zeugma]

contain asbestos and caused them to develop ovarian cancer

Would love to read the theory behind the mechanics of how asbestos is supposed to cause someone to develop ovarian cancer.

[lastchance]

PPM Would also be helpful information.

[Trailerpark Badass]

Never used powder for anything. Doesn’t powder + moisture = paste? I’d rather just have the moisture.

[dfwgator]

That no class action lawyer hired a lab to check...at least now they don’t have to hire a lab!

Paging Nathan Thurm....

[posterchild]

Yes. I just presumed a journalist would be sentient enough to ask that but perhaps I expect too much of the profession.

[musicman]

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