Cerca de doce mil mujeres presentaron una demanda en contra de la empresa Johnson&Johnson en la que denunciaban que su talco para bebé es causante de cáncer de ovarios.This demand may grow by new revelations in another legal front.
In an additional demand, the company was accused of knowing that the talc is contaminated with asbestos, a carcinogen considered dangerous even in small amounts of exposure.The jury of the case attended with the plaintiffs, who granted 4690 million dollars for damages in the July resolution. Resulta que la posible presencia del carcinógeno ha sido una preocupación para la empresa desde hace décadas: en documentos internos que fueron revisados por The New York Times hay notas de ejecutivos que expresan alarma sobre una posible prohibición del gobierno estadounidense al talco, la seguridad de usar el producto y las críticas públicas hacia el talco para bebé de Johnson&Johnson.
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What is the talc and what has to do with the asbestos?
Talc is a clay mineral that is underground underground deposits.It is the softer known mineral, which has made it useful for various industrial and consumer products.
