And use it. that was it. that s all the questions i have. thank you. johnson s baby powder is talc and a fragrance. talc is a mineral, and in the places that it s mined, there s often asbestos alongside it. and so it s not that anyone is putting asbestos into the talc. it s that it can be there in very small amounts. the question is whether or not johnson & johnson knew that its products might have contained asbestos and should have warned consumers of the risk. and once we got the j & j documents, it really blew the roof off the whole situation. the documents show that the company knew that there was asbestos in johnson s baby powder going back to the 1950s.
Calling experts that often will say there has been evidence of asbestos found in samples of johnson & johnson baby powder. reasonable scientific uncertainty as to whether the talc in those mines contained asbestos. i do. bottom line, you re saying all those experts, they re all wrong? well, we know from real scientific evidence outside of the courtroom that johnson s baby powder does not cause cancer, and does not contain asbestos. so we have to question the opinions that are being given inside the courtroom that are inconsistent with the data. so of the cases that have actually gone to trial, how many have johnson & johnson won? over the course of ten years, 38 of them actually made it to a verdict. and of those, johnson & johnson either in front of a jury or on appeal won the overwhelming majority of them. but when juries have decided in favor of the plaintiffs or the women, the amount of money that they have awarded them has
Company that cares for your family and that puts your family s safety first. it is extremely profitable. worth more than $400 billion. there s multiple locations around the world. a huge range of products. there s tylenol and motrin, band-aids, of course, aveeno, neutrogena. products that you would use in your home and for your family. but it s much bigger than that. it has an entire division devoted to medical devices. it has a pharmaceutical division. in fact, it created a covid-19 vaccine. the story actually starts in 1881. robert wood johnson is watching his two older brothers go off to fight in the civil war. many people are dying from injuries that probably could be treated. so he starts developing interest in health care. in 1886, he starts johnson & johnson with his brothers. originally, they sold like the precursor to band-aid. they started hearing from
Been pretty substantial. there s a 2018 verdict, and this was a massive win for plaintiffs. a record $4.7 billion jury award to 22 women and their families. they claimed asbestos in johnson & johnson talcum powder contributed to their ovarian cancer. this is the biggest single verdict in such a case so far. then the fda comes out and says, it tested two lots of johnson & johnson talc based baby powder and it found in one sample a positive test for asbestos. this is what the fda found. microscopic fibers of asbestos in johnson s baby powder. johnson & johnson at this point immediately recalls 33,000 bottles of the product. but they cast doubt on the fda s mode of research. j & j has disputed those
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.