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Johnson & Johnson’s “bankruptcy”

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What's the Connection Between Talc and Cancer?

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The substance that is at the center of these lawsuits is something called talc. Researchers started raising concerns decades ago, some of them in the 1950s. There are a few theories of how talc might lead to cancer. Johnson and Johnson has always been adamant that its baby powder is asbestos free.

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