Between “Cancer and Corona” .. The sale of “Baby Powder Johnson & Johnson” was halted (full story)

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Johnson & Johnson has officially announced, today, Tuesday, that it has stopped selling the Baby Powder, which it has produced for many years, in both the United States and Canada, which made some analyzes provide reasons for this stopping between the spread of the Corona pandemic and Accusing the company of using carcinogens in the production of baby powder.

In December 2018, the producing company signed in many legal disputes that obligated it to pay billions of dollars in compensation, due to a report published on this date in which it was revealed that the company is using a substance in the manufacture of children’s powder that causes cancer.

On the same date, the Reuters news agency published a report that monitored a number of cases of cancer that were declared as a result of children’s powder, as it was revealed that the company is using asbestos or asbestos as part of its baby powder components from 1971 to 2000, and this article The serious cause of many types of cancer, and that the company’s executives, who are managers, scientists, doctors and lawyers, were concerned about the problem and how to deal with it, while they did not disclose it to regulatory or public bodies at that time, according to the Reuters report.

Karkar is a 50-year-old woman, who spoke to Reuters at the time, saying about her illness, “I knew I had cancer since I knew that asbestos was present in the Johnson & Johnson formula.”

Then Johnson & Johnson, in an official statement, denied the allegations, saying: “The powder of children was asbestos-free, provided a new sample of the product, and tested the talc in the internal company to take that testimony in their favor in the lawsuit brought against them by Mrs. Karkar. , Which led to a lot of rushing to sell the company’s shares to reduce its market value by more than 40 billion dollars.

Today morning, Tuesday 20 May, coinciding with the spread of the Corona pandemic, the giant said that it will stop in the coming months sales of the powder, which constitutes about 0.5 percent of its trade in the United States, provided that retailers continue to sell the current stock, and the reason was stated that this step It comes as part of a revaluation of its products after the Covid-19 pandemic crisis.

She emphasized that the demand for talcum powder decreased in North America due to “changing consumer habits and misleading about the safety of the product, as well as the establishment of many cases against the company by some consumers.”

And with the company announcing the stoppage, it faces more than 16,000 lawsuits claiming that it sold powders contaminated with asbestos, a known carcinogen, and it failed to warn users, not only this, but the company also faces a federal criminal investigation related to the extent of its transparency regarding the safety of products.

In last October, it was revealed that the result of testing the children’s powder produced by the company came from asbestos-free, and tests conducted by the US Food and Drug Administration revealed the presence of trace amounts of this substance.

Last February, a New Jersey state jury ordered the company to pay $ 750 million in punitive damages to four plaintiffs alleging that the Baby Powder had caused cancer.