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

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[–] RejZoR@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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

[–] czarcasm@kbin.earth 14 points 1 week 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 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] czarcasm@kbin.earth 2 points 3 days ago

I don't recall the exact one, but "The Weekly" had an episode in their first season about it and Bloomberg did a show on it. YouTube has a few of these, maybe not full episodes.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week 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 6 points 1 week ago

No. It's talc contaminated with asbestos.