asbestos
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Johnson & Johnson Forced to Pay $3 Billion in Baby Powder Cancer Case After U.S. Supreme Court Denial
Johnson & Johnson will not be getting out of its obligation to pay up for losing a civil court case over its baby powder products that allegedly contained asbestos. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court announced it would not hear the company’s appeal of a $US2.1 ($3) billion verdict from a 2018 trial in Missouri involving…
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Johnson & Johnson Recalls Baby Powder Over Possible Asbestos Contamination
Johnson & Johnson announced a voluntary recall of its talc-based baby powder products on Saturday, after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found traces of cancer-causing asbestos in sample testing. The recall follows legal losses and an investigative report linking asbestos exposure to the company’s talc products.
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How Dangerous Is Natural Asbestos When It’s Blowing In The Wind?
Most of us, when we think of asbestos, think of the insulation in old buildings up for demolition. But asbestos fibres are naturally occurring minerals, and their natural habitats are deposits that meander all over the country. When wind blows asbestos off the hills, exactly how dangerous is it?
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Asbestos-Detecting Lasers: Finally A Weapon For The Good Guys
Graphene might be the latest and greatest hero of the scientific community, but lasers are still awesome and have a new trick up their sleeves to prove it. Researchers at the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom have developed a device that can detect the presence of airborne asbestos particles — a fireproof material…