Johnson & Johnson Discontinues Talc-Based Baby Powder In U.S. & Canada
After thousands of suits alleging asbestos contamination led to a decline in sales, Johnson & Johnson has finally decided to discontinue its legacy talc-based baby-powder products in the U.S. and Canada.
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Last year, the company was facing thousands of lawsuits over those allegations of contamination. In early October, the company also recalled 33,000 bottles of the baby powder after FDA regulators found a small amount of asbestos in a bottle purchased online. However, later that month, Johnson & Johnson said that 15 tests of the same bottle of baby powder conducted by two laboratories hired by the company found no asbestos.
Johnson & Johnson has consistently said its products are safe and despite pulling the powered, the company said in a Tuesday statement that their existing inventory will still be sold. They also noted that their powder will continue to be sold in other countries, where “there is significantly higher consumer demand,” the company explained.
“Johnson & Johnson remains steadfastly confident in the safety of talc-based Johnson’s Baby Powder. Decades of scientific studies by medical experts around the world support the safety of our product,” the company said in the Tuesday statement. “We will continue to vigorously defend the product, its safety, and the unfounded allegations against it and the Company in the courtroom.”
As CBS News reports, Johnson & Johnson’s cornstarch-based baby powder, which has not faced similar allegations, will remain on the market in North America, the company added.
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