No. Why is that . Theres no safe level of asbestos period. Its a carcinogen. Its a type one carcinogen and there should be no exposure. Just this past year, johnson and johnson ceo was asked whether asbestos is safe. He stated quote, i would agree that asbestos is considered unsafe. Im not an expert geologist or safety expert in that area but we would say yeah, its not safe. On october 18th, the fda announced it detected asbestos in j and j talcum powder. Whats the significance of this . To this day theyre finding asbestos when they go off the shelf. Its putting thousands, if not millions of people at risk in the future. Dr. Longo. Thats correct. Those rulesults verify our resus of finding asbestos in the products in the chinese mind chr mine which is the mine being used today. You tested historical samples. Yes. From what decade . From the 40s up to the 2000s as well as the current johnson and johnson products. What did you find . Overall, 65 of all the samples we tested were positive
Dr. Moline, is there any safe level of asbestos in consumer talcbased products . No. And why is that . Theres no safe level of asbestos period. Its a carcinogen. Its a type 1 carcinogen and there should be no exposure. Dr. Longo, both the fda and the epa agree that there is no safe or acceptable level of asbestos for human exposure, correct . That is correct. In fact, just this past year, Johnson Johnsons ceo was asked in a deposition whether asbestos is safe. He stated, quote, i would agree that asbestos is considered unsafe. Im not an expert geologist or safety expert in that particular area. But generally speaking, we would say, yeah, asbestos is not safe. On october 18th, the fda announced it had detected asbestos in j js talcum powder. Dr. Moline, what is the significance of this announcement . That to this day, theyre finding asbestos when they go off the shelf. In talcum powder. And its putting thousands, if not millions, of people at risk in the future. Dr. Longo . That is corr
Sunday nights at 8 00 eastern on cspans q and a. Next a hearing on carcinogens and methods for detecting as best us and talcum powder. The subcommittee heard from scientists, a doctor and patient after the fda said it found trace amounts of as best us in baby powder. Johnson johnson recall but its tests found no carcinogens. The hearing is an hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] the subcommittee will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. I welcome myself for five minutes to have an Opening Statement. On october 18, 2019, fda announced its independent lab detected as best us in Johnson Johnsons talk based baby powder. In response to fdas announcement on october 18th, j and j issued limited recall of one lot of its talcum compound. On november 15, 2019, i sent an invitation to alex gorski requesting that he appear before the subcommittee to discuss the Public Health concerns regarding j and js baby powder. Im disappointed that j and
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