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Johnson & Johnson Stops Selling Baby Powder  Over Endless Cancer Suits

Johnson & Johnson Stops Selling Baby Powder Over Endless Cancer Suits

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By Elite Uganda Baby powder makers Johnson & Johnson have closed down their companies as a result of piling law suits from clients who  accuse the company’s products of causing cancer in their babies. Healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson says North American sales had shrunk partly because of a "constant barrage" of advertising by lawyers seeking clients to claim against the company. J&J has been at the centre of claims for years that its talcum powder causes cancer. But it has always strenuously defended the product's safety. Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay out billions of dollars in compensation, but has so far always successfully appealed against these verdicts. Almost 20,000 people in the US have so far lodged claims against the company. Talc i...