Johnson & Johnson slapped with $ 470 million fine
Parents are extra cautious when choosing whats best for their kids. They are careful when choosing everything from children’s oils, soaps and powders to cloths. But despite such caution we choose something for our children that can bring them in contact with a deadly disease like cancer.
Many of the parents use products of Johnson & Johnson- a well known firm in baby care products. But there is something found in this company’s powder, which is being claimed that can cause uterus cancer. For this, the company has incurred a loss of 32 thousand crore rupees in the US.
A US court has the company to pay 22 women a collective fine of $ 470 million (about Rs 32,000 crore). These women accused Johnson and Johnson of having cellulose in the talc powder which causes cancer. In the same judgment, the Missouri court has asked the company to pay the damages to the women.
Penalty has been imposed on company several times in the case of cancer by using Johnson and Johnson Powder. But, this is the biggest economic penalty so far. At present, there are around 9,000 lawsuits running on the company. They have been accused of causing cancer and using asbestos in its products.
Prosecutor’s lawyer Mark Lennier told the court that the company knew that the asbestos was found in its talc powder. Despite this, consumers were not warned about this. He said that people’s lives can not be put in danger in this way this is not right.
For decades, people have been using Johnson and Johnson’s Baby Powder for their children. Women also use talcum powders in their genitals so that it absorbs moisture and does not cause any kind of stench.
A complaint was filed in the US last year, according to which women use Johnson and Johnson baby powder and shower to shower powder regularly. It is widely used by women for genital hygiene. Women said that they later found out that uterine cancer was occurring due to this.
It is also worth mentioning that Johnson and Johnson are already aware of this and the company has hidden this thing for the last 40 years. However Johnson and Johnson said the hearing in this case was unilateral.
