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Johnson & Johnson offers up to $5.5 billion to settle baby powder cancer lawsuits (www.cnn.com)

submitted 2 days ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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[–] hexdream@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

They couldn't of course pool their payouts to pay for an ongoing international advertising campaign exposing what happened. That would just be a horrible idea...

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago

[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Bleed the bastards dry! Financially speaking.

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

This is after a decade of litigation. They probably already made 10x more.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

That, but also https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/statement/2025/11/fda-withdraws-rule-tests-cancer-causing-asbestos-talc-based

[–] the_wizard_of_0Z@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago

insane

[–] RejZoR@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Is talc itself the issue? Isn't talc still being used widely in cosmetics?

[–] czarcasm@kbin.earth 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes talc. And the problem is that talc gets contaminated with Asbestos. J&J knew they were using contaminated talc. There is a documentary on this investigation. I boycotted J&J years ago.

[–] leftOverLife@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

What's the name of this documentary, if you remember?

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Talc is very similar to asbestos, chemically speaking, so they're often found in veins right next to each other. Meaning talc mining needs to spend resources to remove any asbestos. More profitable to not to, though, thus the successful lawsuit.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

No. It's talc contaminated with asbestos.