coming up i was loyal to that product. on the whole story. i blame johnson & johnson baby powder. we have never confirmed a finding of asbestos in any product that has been sold. do you consider it an abuse of bankruptcy law? i do. i definitely do. welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper. tonight, cnn chief investigative correspondent pamela brown brings us the story of three women in legal battles with one of the largest health care companies in the world over a commonly used household item they say is responsible for causing their cancers. that product is johnson & johnson talcm baby powder. for more than a century, the name johnson & johnson was sin onmm with baby powder. these are just three of tens of thousands of lawsuits johnson & johnson is facing over this product which was discontinued in the u.s. and canada in 2020. johnson & johnson staunchly denies these claims and you ll hear from them directly in this hour about their methodology and the
with asbestos. the question that gets raised a lot by plaintiffs is, why there isn t a standard that is used across the industry with which to measure whether or not there s asbestos in talc. i want to welcome everyone today to fda s public meeting on testing methods for asbestos and talc in cosmetic products. fda to their credit pulled together all these experts to figure out how do we combine the best of the testing methods in the marketplace so we re doing the best possible job we can to look for fibers and talc. good afternoon. i am the laboratory director at iatl international asbestos testing laboratories. there has been progress in trying to understand these issues. and yet there s still a lot of room for improvement to protect the public health and consumers. here we have laid out some samples. the one on the back left is a regulated asbestos mineral, and the back on the right is talc.