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. what johnson ask johnson did. 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 talcum baby powder. for more than a century, the name johnson & johnson was synonymous with baby powder. the lawsuit from these women claimed the powder contained asbestos. and these are just three out 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
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
mesothelioma, for my terminal diagnosis. for everything that i have had to go through. cancer has touched almost everyone s family, and it is an absolutely horrible disease that impacts not only women but women s families. and certainly johnson & johnson sympathizes with that. but what i would say is that the science shows that their disease was caused by something else. the diseases that plaintiffs claim in this litigation that johnson s baby powder causes are some of the most rare diseases, mesothelioma and ovarian cancer. but if johnson s baby powder really had asbestos and really caused these diseases, because so many people used it there would be an epidemic of these cancers. and thankfully, there is not.
results. why? johnson & johnson did 155 additional tests both on the bottle, on the retained lots, on the lot that came before, on the lot that came after. and was able to conclude with statistical certainty that that finding was not a finding from the actual bottle but was a result of contamination. johnson & johnson claims that somehow, there was floating asbestos fibers that were just floating around the laboratory and thatth those fibers landed the johnson s baby powder but somehow avoided the laboratory blanks that showed snow asbestos. you re saying the fda was wrong? we dispute the fda s findings based on 155 tests that show that sample was contaminated. after elif had committed so much to the case, so much of her time, so much of her energy. are you okay to continue? yes.
i just i blame johnson & johnson baby powder for my mesothelioma, for my terminal diagnosis. for everything that i have had to go through. cancer has touched almost everyone s family, and it is an absolutely horrible disease that impacts not only women but women s families. and certainly johnson & johnson sympathized with that. but what i would say is that the science shows that their disease was caused by something else. the diseases that plaintiffs claim in this litigation that johnson s baby powder causes are some of the most rare diseases, mesothelioma and ovarian cancer. but if johnson s baby powder really had asbestos and really caused these diseases, because so many people used it, there would be an epidemic of these cancers.