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-Lurid Crime Tales-
J&J tried to worm its way out of paying $3.5BN to victims of cancer-causing baby talc by forming a new company and declaring BANKRUPTCY and then tried to GAG journalists from reporting it
2022-02-05
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • J&J secretly launched 'Project Plato' last year to shift liability from about 38,000 pending Baby Powder talc lawsuits to a newly created subsidiary

  • The subsidiary company, LTL, was then put into bankruptcy in October in order for J&J to limit its financial exposure to the lawsuits

  • Company said it placed LTL into bankruptcy to settle those claims rather than litigating them individually J&J and claims doing so was legitimate

  • The claims alleged J&J's talc-based products contained asbestos and caused mesothelioma and ovarian cancer

  • J&J maintains that its consumer talc products are safe and have been confirmed to be asbestos-free

  • Talc plaintiff committees argue J&J should not be permitted to use bankruptcy to address the talc litigation and that is deprived claimants of their day in court

  • US judge been asked to weigh whether bankruptcy was filed in bad faith

  • Johnson then tried to get a U.S. judge to block Reuters from publishing a story based on what it said were confidential company documents
Posted by:Skidmark

#3  Saviors of the world.
Posted by: Angstrom   2022-02-05 13:04  

#2  
how do inert particles get there?

It's a question until it isn't. That question is less important than determining whether or not these "inert" particles are found there in the first place.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843   2022-02-05 10:46  

#1  I can see how the stuff might possibly cause mesothelioma, but the ovarian cancer connection is strange: asbestos is supposed to be a 'physical' carcinogen, not a chemical one, and even 'swimmers' have a tough time making it up to the ovaries, so how do inert particles get there? I guess it's possible but I would like to see it explained.
Posted by: Glenmore   2022-02-05 10:33  

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