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Don't talc your Johnson & Johnson
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 12:01 pm
by MajGenl.Meade
- A Missouri jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $72 million in damages in a lawsuit over its talcum powder.
The suit, brought by the family of Jackie Fox, alleges that Fox died of ovarian cancer caused by the company’s product.
Plaintiffs in the case argued that Johnson & Johnson was aware of and neglected the dangers its talcum powder presented.
The company is appealing the ruling, which represents the first award of damages by a US jury over similar claims.
Johnson & Johnson released a statement saying it stands by the safety of its talcum powder.
That's an NBC report two days ago but the story isn't new. The first lawsuit seems to have been in 2009 and the queue is large. I read another report from a legal website claiming that cancer agencies have been warning for years that talcum powder (from the softest rock) contains fibres startling similar to those found in asbestos.
That's the last time I douse my delicates in talc!
Re: Don't talc your Johnson & Johnson
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 12:11 pm
by Lord Jim
That's the last time I douse my delicates in talc!
Re: Don't talc your Johnson & Johnson
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 1:46 pm
by Sue U
Unless your "delicates" include a vagina, you
have little to worry about. Much more of a problem if you're a
talc miner or if you worked with talc in industrial applications (tire manufacturing, for instance). Contamination of talc with tremolite asbestos has been a problem known for decades, but it's usually not found in consumer products.
Re: Don't talc your Johnson & Johnson
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 7:13 pm
by liberty
Doesn’t matter I am getting that stuff out of the house anyway, it is not like it is something you have to have.
And how about talc that starts out on the man that ends up in the woman, trying to be delicate.
Re: Don't talc your Johnson & Johnson
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 7:30 pm
by Joe Guy
liberty wrote:And how about talc that starts out on the man that ends up in the woman, trying to be delicate.
You mean tal cum?
Re: Don't talc your Johnson & Johnson
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 9:57 pm
by Bicycle Bill
liberty wrote:
Doesn’t matter I am getting that stuff out of the house anyway, it is not like it is something you have to have.
And how about talc that starts out on the man that ends up in the woman, trying to be delicate.
If you go to the 'Demographics' thread and note the age of many of the people here, I don't feel that this would be too significant a problem for most of us.
-"BB"-