Here comes the historic sentence against Johnson & Johnson: it will have to pay 65 million euros to the family of a woman who died of ovarian cancer.
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Talc e tumors: the historical sentence arrives that will give a hard time to Johnson & Johnson, accused of not having warned their customers of the dangers of talcum powder on the market.
In Missouri, USA, Jackie Fox, son of Marvin Salter, a woman who died at 62 in 2015 of ovarian cancer, fought and won a lawsuit for his mother. approximately 65 million euros (72 million dollars) against the well-known multinational. This is a lawsuit included in a sort of class action brought by another 60 people, while in the whole United States there are 1200 lawsuits against the company for similar reasons.
The verdict came after five hours in council chamber, after which the judge ordered the cosmetics company to pay $ 62 million in compensation and $ XNUMX million as "punitive action"For" not having warned customers "and"having acted in bad faith"On the possible complications related to the prolonged use of talcum powder".
As early as 2013, American research made it clear that women who regularly use talcum powder increase their risk of developing ovarian cancer by nearly a quarter.
Thus, it is not recently that Johnson & Johnson has been at the center of controversy from consumers, especially for theuse of dioxane and formaldehyde, considered as elements probably carcinogenic for humans, but also for theconstant use of talc, a natural mineral composed of magnesium, silicon, oxygen and hydrogen.
According to some, Johnson & Johnson could overturn the sentence on appeal given that "there is a solid scientific basis demonstrating the safety of talc as a cosmetic ingredient in multiple products" and "no definite link to cancer". Indeed, the same multinational is not slow to let it be known through its spokesperson Carol Goodrich that the company “has no greater responsibility than the health and safety of consumers and we are disappointed with the outcome of the process. We are close to the Fox family but we firmly believe that decades of scientific evidence supports the fact that talc is safe ”.
Meanwhile, fraud, negligence e criminal association are the charges against the beautiful Johnson & Johnson. We do not hesitate to believe that the ruthless multinational is challenging the sentence, but what is enough is that it is created an important precedent for consumers.
Germana Carillo
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