Johnson and Johnson will stop selling baby powder by 2023
In the midst of an image crisis and a sea of ​​million-dollar lawsuits and litigation, Johnson & Johnson announced that it will finally stop selling its talcum powder worldwide, after complaints associating it with cancer cases
Talcum powder for babies has been one of the biggest problems for the company , leaving it with a sea of ​​lawsuits filed by customers who say it is linked to cancer cases.
To date, the company faces more than 40,000 consumer lawsuits , some of them brought by women with ovarian cancer and mesothelioma, over the sale of the product.
According to a report by The New York Times , the company has a reserve of $3.9 billion additional dollars for lawsuits that may arise from this same issue.
The cascade of million-dollar lawsuits led the company to finally make the decision to suspend the sale of talcum powder containers by 2023 worldwide and replace it with corn starch.
However, the company does not recognize this and assures that it is a decision that results from the evaluation of its products that helps them “meet evolving global trends.”
“We strongly support the decades of independent scientific analysis by medical experts around the world confirming that Johnson's talc-based Baby Powder is safe, contains no asbestos, and does not cause cancer ,” the company said.
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