Johnson & Johnson has announced that it will stop production and sales of talc babies since next year

Jimu Journalist Hu Li

Intern Zhang Tianzheng

According to BBC reports on August 12, in recent years, Johnson & Johnson has faced a large number of women's allegations on "talc powder asbestos of ovarian cancer." Faced with public pressure, Johnson & Johnson stopped production and sales of talc babies in the United States and Canada in 2020, and will stop production and sales of talc babies worldwide in 2022 to replace talc powder with corn starch.

Talc baby cooler powder that is still produced and sold in the UK

According to British media, although Johnson & Johnson has repeatedly reiterated that "decades of independent studies have shown that products can be used safely", a large number of consumers and "product survivors" claim that talc baby powder is caused by "asbestos pollution". Asbestos is a natural mineral. Asbestosculus dust will have serious carcinogenic effects on the human body and is located by the world's health organization.

A survey of Johnson & Johnson's product in 2018 shows that Johnson & Johnson has known its talc baby cool body powder for decades, which contains asbestos. At least from 1971 to early 2000, Johnson & Johnson's talc babies tested a small amount of asbestos. Element. However, in response to a large number of evidence of the pollution pollution from courts, media, and US legislators, Johnson & Johnson has denied these allegations again.

Johnson & Johnson's talc baby cool body powder is caught by carcinogenic allegations

However, it is impossible to deny that Johnson & Johnson's production and sales of for nearly 130 years are severely damaged by the product image of the spokesperson for the company's family friendly image. On August 22, 2018, a judge of the Tour Court of San Louis City, Missouri, USA confirmed that 22 women's allegations against Johnson & Johnson's carcinogenic were established. It will appeal to the result of this verdict. In 2020, Qiangsheng Company's North American partition had to recall all cool fans.

Faced with the upcoming "Follow Talc Babies", Johnson & Johnson did not sit still. A spokesman for Johnson & Johnson said, "We have made a business decision to transition the product to the babies of babies based on all corn starch." Johnson & Johnson then emphasized that the babies based on corn starch have begun to produce and sell in countries around the world. , And reiterated the standpoint of Johnson & Johnson's cool body powder: "Our company's position on the safety of talc pink products has always remained unchanged. We have firmly supported medical experts from all over the world for decades. Johnson -babes based on talc powder are safe, without asbestos, and will not cause cancer. "

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