{"id":105130,"date":"2022-08-12T08:49:25","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T13:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/?p=105130"},"modified":"2022-08-12T08:49:25","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T13:49:25","slug":"johnson-johnson-to-replace-talc-based-powder-with-cornstarch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/2022\/08\/12\/johnson-johnson-to-replace-talc-based-powder-with-cornstarch\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson & Johnson to replace talc-based powder with cornstarch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"Johnson & Johnson (J&J) will stop making and selling its talc-based baby powder around the world from next year.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The announcement comes more than two years after the healthcare giant ended sales of the product in the US.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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J&J faces tens of thousands of lawsuits from women who allege its talcum powder contained asbestos and caused them to develop ovarian cancer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But the company reiterated its view that decades of independent research shows the product is safe to use.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“As part of a worldwide portfolio assessment, we have made the commercial decision to transition to an all cornstarch-based baby powder portfolio,”\u00a0it said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The firm added that cornstarch-based baby powder is already sold in countries around the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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