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

submitted 3 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/health@lemmy.world

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[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

We gave your child cancer, here is about $3.50

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[–] the_wizard_of_0Z@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Yeah this company should just not exist... that would be justice. Totaly agree with you

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[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 4 points 3 months ago

I think that would be a step in the right direction, but it would not be justice.

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[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Bleed the bastards dry! Financially speaking.

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

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

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[–] the_wizard_of_0Z@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago

insane

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

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

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[–] czarcasm@kbin.earth 12 points 3 months ago (2 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.

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[–] leftOverLife@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

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

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[–] czarcasm@kbin.earth 2 points 3 months 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.

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[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months 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.

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[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

No. It's talc contaminated with asbestos.

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[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

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

[–] hexdream@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months 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...