Talc is a main ingredient in Johnson & Johnson baby powder. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration classifies talc as a cosmetic. Cosmetics are regulated less stringently by the FDA.

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Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder: Do you really need
it? This will help you decide
Talc isa main ingredient in Johnson & Johnson baby powder. The U.S. Food and
Drug Administration classifiestalc asa cosmetic. Cosmeticsare regulated less
stringently by the FDA.
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - June 15, 2016 - PRLog -- Deane Berg, Jacqueline Fox, and Gloria
Ristesund have become martyrs in the Talc
Cancer law suits fight with Johnson & Johnson
baby powder named as defendants. Berg and
Ristesund are survivors of ovarian cancer, and the
cases they filed against the company have led
juries in South Dakota and Missouri to conclude
that Johnson & Johnson was negligent in refusing
to provide warning of talc's hidden dangers. Fox,
who passed away in 2015, showed the jury that
Johnson & Johnson also engaged in advertising
campaigns specifically designed to manipulate
minorities. In the wake of those decisions, the
million dollar question, taken up by thousands of
women all over the world has been, "How could
they do this to us?"
According to Eileen Kroll, an attorney for talc's ovarian cancer victims,
the answer is simple and horrifying. Because the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) classifies talc as a cosmetic, she says that, "it's
truly a corporate decision of what to do with this product." The
corporate decision has been exactly what one would expect. Just as
cigarette companies in the mid-twentieth century fought studies
implicating cigarettes as carcinogens, Johnson & Johnson has also
fought the more than twenty unfavorable studies conducted since 1982
which indicate that frequent, extended perineal talc use can increase
the risk of ovarian cancer (https://www.lisagdouglas.com/) by as much
as 33%.
Selective science has been Johnson & Johnson's modus operandi for
more than two decades. Its latest proponent is the Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) Expert Panel,
which concluded in 2015 that "talc is safe in the present practices of use and concentration described in
this safety assessment." The study, which Johnson & Johnson claims was conducted independently,
provides the company with ground to stand upon as it prepares for the next round of litigation. Johnson
& Johnson is able to maintain the illusion of reasonable doubt in the face of mounting evidence for one
very important reason-the archaic conditions stipulated by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
Passed by Congress in 1938, the Act gave cosmetic manufacturers wide latitude to regulate themselves
as they saw fit. Cosmetics are not to be "unadulterated" or "misbranded," but the FDA has very little
authority to ensure consumer safety. It does not have the ability to test and approve products before
they are introduced to the market, manufacturers are not required to list their ingredients, and
companies are under no obligation to report "adverse events" to the federal government when cosmetic
use goes awry. The FDA is careful to note on its website that there is a difference between products
which are regulated by the FDA and products which are approved by the agency. Almost eighty years
after the Act, the FDA's power to regulate is still limited to ensuring that products are "safe for
consumers when used according to directions on the label, or in the customary or expected way, and
they must be properly labeled." That limitation renders the government especially impotent when the
questionable product does not manifest its more insidious side effects until years and years of regular
use results in unforeseeably deadly consequences.
In recent years there have been signs of progress, but there have also been reminders of how well-
equipped companies like Johnson & Johnson are to combat the specter of heightened government
regulation. Congresswoman Jan Schakowski introduced the Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010, but it died on
the House floor. In the summer of 2013, the FDA and cosmetic manufacturers agreed to a tentative
outline of regulative legislation, but the talks crumpled acrimoniously. The FDA accused the industry
representatives of having a change of heart and said that its cavalier behavior would "put Americans at
greater risk from cosmetics-related illness and injury than they are today." Johnson & Johnson, through
its lobbying vehicle the Talc Interested Party Task Force, delayed government intervention for more than
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2. its lobbying vehicle the Talc Interested Party Task Force, delayed government intervention for more than
twenty years by producing company-friendly studies and generating confusion about its prized product.
The talc verdicts (http://www.productliabilitywiki.com/2016/06/09/johnson-jo...) represent much more
than Johnson & Johnson's marketing and distribution habits. They represent an entire cosmetic industry
hiding behind a seventy-eight year old law and a hobbled and handcuffed federal agency to the detriment
of an unsuspecting public.
Law Offices of Lisa Douglas
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ovarian-cancer-company-responds/85291258/
http://www.hometownlife.com/story/money/business/2016/06/02/attorney-talcum-powder-use-linked-
ovarian-cancer-company-responds/85291258/
http://www.fda.gov/Cosmetics/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/ucm135709.htm
http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/FDAGeneral/21318
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/fda-official-says-cosmetics-industry-is-
trying-to-undercut-government-regulations/2014/03/06/3961bae2-a55b-11e3-8466-d34c451760b9_
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