A Missouri state jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $72 million, as damages, to the family of a woman whose death from ovarian cancer was linked to her use of the company's talc based Baby Powder and Shower to Showe for several decades.
Jacqueline Fox, who lived in Birmingham, Alabama died in Oct '15 after being diagnosed with the dreaded illness three years ago. She was 62.
The company seems to have been in the know, since the '80s about the risk and yet resorted to "lying to the public, lying to the regulatory agencies".
I, too, have been using Johnson's Baby Powder since my childhood. My thinking was that since it was meant for children, the makers would ensure strict quality control. But....
Tailpiece.
Calls for a change of brand? O, come on, not at this stage? Come what may!
Jacqueline Fox, who lived in Birmingham, Alabama died in Oct '15 after being diagnosed with the dreaded illness three years ago. She was 62.
The company seems to have been in the know, since the '80s about the risk and yet resorted to "lying to the public, lying to the regulatory agencies".
I, too, have been using Johnson's Baby Powder since my childhood. My thinking was that since it was meant for children, the makers would ensure strict quality control. But....
Tailpiece.
Calls for a change of brand? O, come on, not at this stage? Come what may!
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