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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
Lets look at markets. We are not saying much. Coming up, you will hear from this man. Our interview on risks and Financial Markets. And Brian Moynahan on the state of the american consumer. Lets get bloomberg first word news. Frozen pork, pharmaceuticals, some reductions from china, not related to trade discussions, but part of beijings effort to support the claim it is opening its economy. Weekend, aa tense Police Officer pointing his revolver at protesters. U. S. , President Donald Trump asked about ukraine aid before his call with the countrys president. The heavily redacted emails were by the Nonprofit Center for public integrity. They show the administration ordering a hold on aid in our after the phone call. Bush fires burning out of control in new south wales. Died,st nine people have hundreds of buildings have been burned down. The fires of being stoked by record temperatures in the region. Guy the s p is up, bonds are higher, gold is gaining. What about next year . Is joining