Between Jordan and his wife, 17 directorships gave the couple an annual income of more than $800,000, in addition to the reported $1 million he makes at his law firm. (The Washington post January 27, 1998 Marc Fisher).
In December 2018, with 11,700 people suing Johnson and Johnson over cancers allegedly caused by baby powder, the company was forced to release internal documents. The documents showed that the company had known about asbestos contamination since at least as early as 1971 ( Ann Dibble Jordan 1981 – 2007 director of Johnson and Johnson) and had spent decades finding ways to conceal the evidence from the public. On December 19 the company lost its request to reverse a jury verdict that ruled in favour of the accusers, which required the company to pay $4.14 billion in punitive damages and $550 million in compensatory damages. Through asbestos is a known carcinogen, the potential link between asbestos free talc and cancer also alleged in these lawsuits is a subject of scientific controversy, as discussed on the neurologica blog by Steven Novella.
A large study performed in 2003 found ovarian cancer risk increased from a baseline of 0.0121 percent to 0.0161 percent in people who reported regularly using talc in the genital area. Mothers used to put talcum on babies has that study been done?
Two more studies over the next twelve years, which also relied on self reporting had similar results. However, none of the three studies showed a relationship between how long someone used talc and how much their cancer risk increased, which is expected in experiments with carcinogens and other toxic substances.
In may 2020, in response to declining demand Johnson and Johnson announced it would discontinue the sale of talc based baby powder in the United States and Canada, but will continue to sell it in other markets.
In a statement, the company said existing retail inventory of the talc based powder will sell until it runs out, while the company’s cornstarch based baby powder will continue to sell in the United States and Canada.
Ben Crump specialises in civil rights and catastrophic personal injury cases. High profile cases which included the plaintiffs behind 2019 Johnson and Johnson baby powder lawsuit alleging the company’s talcum powder product that led to ovarian cancer diagnoses.
Why hasn’t this product been discontinued worldwide?
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