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Johnson & Johnson’s “bankruptcy”

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Johnson and Johnson Is No Longer Selling Talc Baby Powder?

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In 2019 retailers like Walmart and CVS and Rite Aid, Paul Johnson's talc baby powder because the FDA had found asbestos in a container of the product. This was a part of a 33,000 bottle batch that Johnson Johnson voluntarily recalled after the FDA made its discovery. The company maintains talc based powder is safe, but says it's making a switch to cornstarch based powder next year to meet customer needs.

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