Johnson & Johnson said recent tests showed that Johnson’s Baby Powder was free of asbestos, after FDA investigations reported trace amounts of the material in the product earlier in 2019.
Johnson & Johnson said recent tests showed that Johnson’s Baby Powder was free of asbestos, after FDA investigations reported trace amounts of the material in the product earlier in 2019.
Powder Keg: FDA bowed to industry for decades as alarms were sounded over talc
Asbestos, Business, Cancer Prevention Coalition, Consumers, Cosmetics, Department Of Justice, FDA, FDA/Regulatory, Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN), Health Concerns, Lawsuits, Minerals, Talc, Talc-Based Products, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), World Health OrganizationOver the past 50 years, the FDA has relied upon – and often deferred to – industry even as outside experts and consumers repeatedly raised serious health concerns about talc powders and cosmetics, a Reuters investigation found.
Johnson & Johnson said 15 new tests found no asbestos in a bottle of baby powder that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says tested positive for trace amounts of asbestos, a finding the agency stands by.
Four major U.S. retailers, including Walmart and Target Corp., removed all 22-ounce bottles of Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder from their stores following the healthcare conglomerate’s recall last week of some bottles due to possible asbestos contamination.
Facing off against a plaintiff’s lawyer for the first time about Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder, CEO Alex Gorsky in October 2019 insisted that the company’s iconic brand was safe.
Johnson & Johnson is recalling around 33,000 bottles of baby powder in the United States after the U.S. health regulators found trace amounts of asbestos in samples taken from a bottle purchased online.
FDA Approves NovoTTF-100L for Mesothelioma Therapy
Approvals, Asbestos, Cancer, Cancer Cells, Carcinogens, Chemotherapy, FDA, FDA/Regulatory, Hormone Therapy, Immunotherapies, Lungs, Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma, Medical Devices, Mesothelioma, Photodynamic therapy, Researchers, Tumor Treating Fields (TTF)The NovoTTF-100L therapy has become an FDA-approved therapy that is helping improve the lives of mesothelioma patients.
A California jury awarded $29 million to a woman who said abestos in Johnson & Johnson’s talcum-powder-based products caused her cancer.