U.S. senator asks J&J for documents on talc, baby powder safety

[turbinetree]

Source: Reuters

BUSINESS NEWS JANUARY 29, 2019 / 1:12 PM / UPDATED 9 MINUTES AGO

(Reuters) - U.S. Democratic Senator Patty Murray sent a letter to Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday seeking information related to allegations in a Reuters Special Report that the healthcare company knew about the presence of asbestos in its talc-based baby powder.

The letter addressed to J&J Chief Executive Alex Gorsky asks for documents and information related to testing of its talc products for the presence of carcinogens and “how it presented that information to regulators and consumers.”

Reuters on Dec. 14 published a Special Report detailing that the company knew that the talc in its raw and finished powders sometimes tested positive for cancer-causing asbestos from the 1970s into the early 2000s - test results the company did not disclose to regulators or consumers.

While exposure to asbestos has been linked to mesothelioma, J&J has repeatedly said that its talc products are safe, and that decades of studies have shown them to be asbestos-free and that they do not cause cancer.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-johnson-johnson-talc/u-s-senator-asks-jj-for-documents-on-talc-baby-powder-safety-idUSKCN1PN2F6?il=0

[flibbitygiblets]

1. Was just thinking about this randomly yesterday

All those years we women used J&J baby powder thinking it was "safe", only to find out there was ovarian cancer risk.

They knew.

[turbinetree]

3. This reminds me of the Flint situation.......................and its water

they knew.......................every republican in that house, governorship, legislature and justice department in that state knew........................and then they did nothing, and thousands of babies will have problems later, and the public will have to deal with that issue for years, or just like the coal ponds in North Carolina....................or mountain top removal in Kentucky and West Virginia.................they know................

[Haggis for Breakfast]

7. I remember the family doctor telling the women in the family

to switch to corn starch powder. In 2005 !! Something about talc not being as safe as they once thought.

I wondered about all the babies butts that had been powdered with talc.

[KT2000]

2. Good for Patty!

we sure need more of making corporations accountable.

[stuffmatters]

4. Brett Kavanaugh's Father, a major J&J exec/lobbyist responsible for this decades long coverup.

He didn't just learn how to keep calendars from his old man, also how to harm women without a tinge of guilt.

[TheBlackAdder]

5. A lot of bowlers, wrestlers and gymnasts breathe that shit in too.

[louis c]

6. In defense of Johnson and Johnson...

...there may have been asbestos in Johnson and Johnson's baby powder, but not one child caught fire.