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Johnson & Johnson Risks UK Lawsuit Over Powder Cancer Claim By Thousands
UK claimants on Wednesday announced legal action against US pharmaceutical and cosmetics giant Johnson & Johnson, alleging that women diagnosed with cancers were exposed to asbestos in the company's talcum powder.
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13 Injured After School Roof Gets Ripped Off During Windstorm In Chhattisgarh
At least 13 students were injured after the asbestos roof of a government school got ripped off in a windstorm and pieces of bricks fell on them in a remote village in Chhattisgarh's Korba district on Wednesday, police said.
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Temporary Jails Come Up As Assam Continues Crackdown On Child Marriages
Workers were busy shovelling and scores of asbestos sheets were lying around as preparations were on to convert the Silchar ground, overgrown with grass, into a makeshift-prison to house those arrested in the crackdown against child marriage.
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US Supreme Court Declines To Hear Johnson & Johnson Appeal Over $2 Billion Baby Powder Judgement
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear Johnson & Johnson's bid to overturn a $2.12 billion damages award to women who blamed their ovarian cancer on asbestos in the company's baby powder and other talc products.
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Johnson & Johnson Ordered To Pay $120 Million Damages In New York Baby Powder Case
Johnson & Johnson has been ordered by a New York state judge to pay $120 million in damages to a Brooklyn woman and her husband, after she blamed her cancer on asbestos exposure from using the company's baby powder.
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Johnson & Johnson To Appeal $2.12 Billion Baby Powder Verdict To US Supreme Court
Missouri's highest court on Tuesday refused to consider Johnson & Johnson's appeal of a $2.12 billion damages award to women who blamed their ovarian cancer on asbestos in its baby powder and other talc products.
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Johnson & Johnson Says New Tests Show No Asbestos In Baby Powder
Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday that recent tests showed that Johnson's Baby Powder was free of asbestos after USFood and Drug Administration investigations reported trace amounts of the material in the product earlier this year.
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Johnson & Johnson Recalls Baby Powder After Tests Show Asbestos In Sample
Johnson & Johnson said on Friday it is recalling around 33,000 bottles of baby powder in the United States after U.S. health regulators found trace amounts of asbestos in samples taken from a bottle purchased online.
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Bihar Child Deaths May Be Linked To Their Asbestos Homes, Says Study
As Bihar awaits the detailed report on what exactly caused the outbreak of encephalitis that caused the death of over 150 children, a team of doctors who treated the children indicated that asbestos homes in which the children lived could be a factor.
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Johnson And Johnson Ordered To Pay $29 Million In Talc Cancer Trial
A California jury on Wednesday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $29 million to a woman who said that asbestos in the company's talcum-powder-based products, including Johnson's Baby Powder, caused her mesothelioma.
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Johnson & Johnson Resumes Baby Powder Production After Tests Find No Asbestos
The regulator and its counterparts in states launched an investigation into J&J's Baby Powder following a Reuters report in December
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Man Charged With Sending Dangerous Parcels To Embassies In Australia
An Australian man was charged Thursday with sending dozens of packages believed to contain asbestos to embassies and consulates around the country.
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Drug Regulator Draws Johnson and Johnson Baby Powder Samples For Testing
The country's top drug regulator, the CDSCO, drew samples of Johnson and Johnson's baby powder from the company's Baddi plant in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday amid reports that the product allegedly contained cancer-causing asbestos.
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India's Reaction To Report On Johnson And Johnson Baby Powder
India's drug regulator said on Tuesday a news agency Reuters report that Johnson & Johnson knew for decades that cancer-causing asbestos lurked in its baby powder was "under consideration".
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Johnson & Johnson Knew For Decades Asbestos Lurked In Baby Powder: Report
Darlene Coker knew she was dying. She just wanted to know why. Coker sued Johnson & Johnson, alleging that "poisonous talc" in the company's beloved product was her killer.
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Johnson & Johnson Risks UK Lawsuit Over Powder Cancer Claim By Thousands
UK claimants on Wednesday announced legal action against US pharmaceutical and cosmetics giant Johnson & Johnson, alleging that women diagnosed with cancers were exposed to asbestos in the company's talcum powder.
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13 Injured After School Roof Gets Ripped Off During Windstorm In Chhattisgarh
At least 13 students were injured after the asbestos roof of a government school got ripped off in a windstorm and pieces of bricks fell on them in a remote village in Chhattisgarh's Korba district on Wednesday, police said.
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Temporary Jails Come Up As Assam Continues Crackdown On Child Marriages
Workers were busy shovelling and scores of asbestos sheets were lying around as preparations were on to convert the Silchar ground, overgrown with grass, into a makeshift-prison to house those arrested in the crackdown against child marriage.
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US Supreme Court Declines To Hear Johnson & Johnson Appeal Over $2 Billion Baby Powder Judgement
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear Johnson & Johnson's bid to overturn a $2.12 billion damages award to women who blamed their ovarian cancer on asbestos in the company's baby powder and other talc products.
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Johnson & Johnson Ordered To Pay $120 Million Damages In New York Baby Powder Case
Johnson & Johnson has been ordered by a New York state judge to pay $120 million in damages to a Brooklyn woman and her husband, after she blamed her cancer on asbestos exposure from using the company's baby powder.
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Johnson & Johnson To Appeal $2.12 Billion Baby Powder Verdict To US Supreme Court
Missouri's highest court on Tuesday refused to consider Johnson & Johnson's appeal of a $2.12 billion damages award to women who blamed their ovarian cancer on asbestos in its baby powder and other talc products.
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Johnson & Johnson Says New Tests Show No Asbestos In Baby Powder
Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday that recent tests showed that Johnson's Baby Powder was free of asbestos after USFood and Drug Administration investigations reported trace amounts of the material in the product earlier this year.
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Johnson & Johnson Recalls Baby Powder After Tests Show Asbestos In Sample
Johnson & Johnson said on Friday it is recalling around 33,000 bottles of baby powder in the United States after U.S. health regulators found trace amounts of asbestos in samples taken from a bottle purchased online.
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Bihar Child Deaths May Be Linked To Their Asbestos Homes, Says Study
As Bihar awaits the detailed report on what exactly caused the outbreak of encephalitis that caused the death of over 150 children, a team of doctors who treated the children indicated that asbestos homes in which the children lived could be a factor.
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Johnson And Johnson Ordered To Pay $29 Million In Talc Cancer Trial
A California jury on Wednesday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $29 million to a woman who said that asbestos in the company's talcum-powder-based products, including Johnson's Baby Powder, caused her mesothelioma.
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Johnson & Johnson Resumes Baby Powder Production After Tests Find No Asbestos
The regulator and its counterparts in states launched an investigation into J&J's Baby Powder following a Reuters report in December
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Man Charged With Sending Dangerous Parcels To Embassies In Australia
An Australian man was charged Thursday with sending dozens of packages believed to contain asbestos to embassies and consulates around the country.
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Drug Regulator Draws Johnson and Johnson Baby Powder Samples For Testing
The country's top drug regulator, the CDSCO, drew samples of Johnson and Johnson's baby powder from the company's Baddi plant in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday amid reports that the product allegedly contained cancer-causing asbestos.
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India's Reaction To Report On Johnson And Johnson Baby Powder
India's drug regulator said on Tuesday a news agency Reuters report that Johnson & Johnson knew for decades that cancer-causing asbestos lurked in its baby powder was "under consideration".
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Johnson & Johnson Knew For Decades Asbestos Lurked In Baby Powder: Report
Darlene Coker knew she was dying. She just wanted to know why. Coker sued Johnson & Johnson, alleging that "poisonous talc" in the company's beloved product was her killer.
