The plaintiff, 76-year-old Rita Chapman of Scottsdale, Arizona, alleged that the use of Avon s talc-containing products tainted with asbestos caused her mesothelioma.
The Personal Care Products Council (PCPC) released a statement in response to the recent publication associating hair straightener products with a higher incidence of uterine cancer. It underlines that association is not causation.
During this time, the court said that the company has played with the health of children. Besides this, the company was accused of adding asbestos to its products.
After being sued by cancer patients who claimed that its baby powder contained asbestos—Johnson & Johnson stopped using talc in 2020. Now, the company will switch to cornstarch in its baby powder by 2023. More than 40,000 lawsuits were filed against the company over the past few years with plaintiffs alleging they were sickened with […] The post Johnson & Johnson to Stop Production of Talc-Based Baby Powder appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.