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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[-] WheeGeetheCat@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago

Truly disgusting conduct from J & J.

It really seems like a fishing expedition as they are claiming that 'some or all' of the patients in the studies were 'exposed to asbestos from other sources' (instead of J&J? in addition to J&J? its not clear) - but then they are asking the patients identities be disclosed - so how could they know that?

They want to attack and harass and discredit the patients themselves now.

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