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THURSDAY, Feb. 21, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Johnson & Johnson is being investigated by the U.S. Justice Department and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over possible asbestos contamination of the company’s baby powder and other talc-based products.<\/p>\n
In a securities filing, the company said it was “cooperating with these government inquiries and will be producing documents in response” to subpoenas it had received, The New York Times<\/i> reported. In a separate statement, Johnson & Johnson said that “the inquiries are related to news reports” about numerous lawsuits by consumers who claim the company’s talc products caused cancers.<\/p>\n
Johnson & Johnson has been hit with about 13,000 lawsuits linking the company’s body powders with ovarian cancer or mesothelioma, the Times<\/i> reported. In December, news reports said internal documents revealed decades of communications within Johnson & Johnson about the risk for asbestos in its talc products even as the company tried to keep the issue secret.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Johnson & Johnson said “decades of independent tests by regulators and the world’s leading labs prove Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder is safe and asbestos-free, and does not cause cancer,” the Times<\/i> reported.<\/p>\n
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