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Earlier this week, U.S. consumer product manufacturing giant Johnson & Johnson announced that it will no longer be selling the company\u2019s talc-based baby powder products in the United States and Canada. The announcement comes after years of litigation surrounding allegations that the company\u2019s talc-based baby powder may cause cancer. The announcement also follows last year\u2019s recall of a batch of baby powder that was found to have potentially unsafe levels of asbestos, the cancer-causing agent that was at the center of the litigation.<\/p>\n

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According to a recent news report<\/a>, Johnson & Johnson stands behind the safety of its baby powder, and claims to have decided to stop selling the product due to shifting consumer habits, rather than safety concerns. Along those lines, a Johnson & Johnson representative issued a statement explaining that the company \u201cremains steadfastly confident in the safety of talc-based Johnson’s Baby Powder\u201d and that it will \u201cvigorously defend the product, its safety, and the unfounded allegations against it and the company in the courtroom.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Earlier this week, U.S. consumer product manufacturing giant Johnson & Johnson announced that it will no longer be selling the company\u2019s talc-based baby powder products in the United States and Canada. The announcement comes after years of litigation surrounding allegations that the company\u2019s talc-based baby powder may cause cancer. 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