STANDING UP FOR YOU WITH SKILLED ADVOCACY

Johnson & Johnson is facing over 14,000 claims that its talc-based products, Baby Powder and Shower to Shower, can cause ovarian cancer or mesothelioma when used for regular hygiene. Mesothelioma is specifically tied to asbestos exposure, and the plaintiffs argue that J&J’s talc supply is tainted with asbestos. The company denies its talc products can

In the 1970s, pediatricians began warning new parents not to use Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder or other talc-based powders to address diaper rash because it is dangerous for infants to inhale talc powder. Unfortunately, that left J&J needing a new business model. They chose to market the product to adults as a powder with

Certain equipment used on Navy vessels and in naval shipyards uses asbestos. However, many are manufactured as “bare metal,” without the asbestos components installed. The asbestos components are added later by the user or a third party, but the equipment manufacturer knows that it will happen. Indeed, the asbestos components are necessary to make the

Recently, Johnson & Johnson admitted in its annual report that it has received subpoenas from the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The subpoenas apparently related to the litigation alleging that J&J’s signature line of baby powder contained asbestos and caused cancer among regular users. Reuters attempted to reach the two agencies for

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, its regulatory framework of 80 years needs to be updated to test the safety of cosmetics. Currently, cosmetics manufacturers are not required to test their products for safety before selling them on the American market. The FDA has proposed working with Congress to remedy that. The proposal

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is being sued nationwide for exposing users of its talc-based products, including J&J Baby Powder, to asbestos despite knowing the risk. They are accused of hiding evidence that the talc used in their products was contaminated with asbestos. Plaintiffs claim they used the products-often on themselves and their children-for daily routine

“There is overwhelming consensus in the scientific community that there is no safe level of exposure to asbestos,” reads a lawsuit recently filed by several public health groups. That’s true. Asbestos was once in use throughout the American economy, although there was suspicion it was potentially harmful. It was finally recognized as a human carcinogen

In 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency declared a public health emergency in Libby, Montana. More than $575 million was spent on cleaning up tremolite asbestos fibers strewn across the town in the form of vermiculite. According to EPA studies, thevermiculite mine near the town (which the W.R. Grace Company purchased in 1963 and ran until

You’re probably aware of the need to beware of dislodging asbestos in your home, particularly if the house is older. And you may know that working in building and construction trades involving asbestos-containing products is dangerous. Yet there are also risks of asbestos exposure posed by several consumer and household products. Heightened concern about such

During the Great Depression, thousands of men found jobs digging the Hawks Nest Tunnel in West Virginia. About three-quarters of them were African-Americans. “To these men, going to West Virginia was like going to heaven – a new land, a new promised land – and when they got here, they found that they had ended