J&J Alerted to Risk of Asbestos in Talc in '70s, Files Show


Johnson & Johnson trained its employees to reassure anyone concerned about whether the company's talcum powder contained asbestos that the cancer-causing substance "has never been found and it never will'' in its iconic baby powder, according to an undated memo unsealed in a lawsuit against the drugmaker. But plaintiffs say other unsealed documents indicate that J&J has known for decades that its talc products include asbestos fibers and that the exposure to those fibers can cause ovarian cancer.



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