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Johnson & Johnson sues researchers who linked talc to cancer (www.reuters.com)
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Johnson & Johnson has sued four doctors who published studies citing links between talc-based personal care products and cancer, escalating an attack on scientific studies that the company alleges are inaccurate.

J&J's subsidiary LTL Management, which absorbed the company's talc liability in a controversial 2021 spinoff, last week filed a lawsuit in New Jersey federal court asking it to force three researchers to "retract and/or issue a correction" of a study that said asbestos-contaminated consumer talc products sometimes caused patients to develop mesothelioma.

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[-] zzzzz@sh.itjust.works -3 points 2 years ago

Talc is not asbestos.

[-] girlfreddy@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 years ago

True, but ...

One particular issue with commercial use of talc is its frequent co-location in underground deposits with asbestos ore. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talc

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