Johnson & Johnson, a US wellness care firm, announced on the 11th local time that it will fully stop the global sale of child powder containing talc, which has induced a carcinogenic controversy, from 2023.
In accordance to Reuters and other studies, Johnson & Johnson reported it had built a professional determination to replace all infant powder goods with products that contains corn starch as section of its product portfolio evaluation.
Johnson & Johnson stopped marketing talc little one powder in the US and Canada in Might 2020 thanks to a sudden drop in demand for talc child powder, which has been the matter of quite a few lawsuits owing to cancer controversy.
While Johnson & Johnson has been embroiled in a lot more than 4,300 lawsuits involving infant powder and cosmetics created with talc, it maintains its placement that its goods are harmless.
In addition, when saying a plan to end the sale of talc baby powder on the similar day, the merchandise by itself managed its place that it was risk-free.
While talc is commonly utilized as little one powder and numerous cosmetic elements, issues have been elevated about asbestos contamination since it is often distributed close to asbestos, which is a carcinogen.
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