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What a short response, all the while not citing any sources to their claims.

Isamu 8y ago
In fact they link to a whole website that discusses studies: http://www.factsabouttalc.com/#section-safety http://www.factsabouttalc.com/#section-safety [edit] I think the original reply is pretty to the point: >J&J attorneys provided Reuters with hundreds of documents and directly responded to dozens of questions in order to correct misinformation and falsehoods. Notwithstanding this, Reuters repeatedly refused to meet with our representatives to review the facts and refused to incorporate much of the material we provided them. >The Reuters article is wrong in three key areas: >The article ignores that thousands of tests by J&J, regulators, leading independent labs, and academic institutions have repeatedly shown that our talc does not contain asbestos. >The article ignores that J&J has cooperated fully and openly with the U.S. FDA and other global regulators, providing them with all the information they requested over decades. We have also made our cosmetic talc mines and processed talc available to regulators for testing. Regulators have tested both, and they have always found our talc to be asbestos-free. >The article ignores that J&J has always used the most advanced testing methods available to confirm that our cosmetic talc does not contain asbestos. Every method available to test J&J’s talc for asbestos has been used by J&J, regulators, or independent experts, and all of these methods have all found that our cosmetic talc is asbestos-free.
- noja 8y ago
  > that our cosmetic talc Strange word there, what other types of talc do they make?
  - rhcom2 8y ago
    Apparently talc is also used in surgical procedures such as: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurodesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurodesis
  - newnewpdro 8y ago
    Why? Talc has many applications [1], cosmetics obviously have a distinct set of requirements vs. food vs. internal use vs. industrial applications, etcetera. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talc#Uses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talc#Uses
- fzeroracer 8y ago
  It's interesting reading their site, considering it focuses almost entirely on the ovarian cancer side of things and manages to cite zero sources for their mesothelioma claims. Their miner and miller statistics have zero data backing them up. I'm inclined to believe J&J is heavily bullshitting here given how misleading their talc site is.

In fact they link to a whole website that discusses studies: http://www.factsabouttalc.com/#section-safety http://www.factsabouttalc.com/#section-safety [edit] I think the original reply is pretty to the point: >J&J attorneys provided Reuters with hundreds of documents and directly responded to dozens of questions in order to correct misinformation and falsehoods. Notwithstanding this, Reuters repeatedly refused to meet with our representatives to review the facts and refused to incorporate much of the material we provided them. >The Reuters article is wrong in three key areas: >The article ignores that thousands of tests by J&J, regulators, leading independent labs, and academic institutions have repeatedly shown that our talc does not contain asbestos. >The article ignores that J&J has cooperated fully and openly with the U.S. FDA and other global regulators, providing them with all the information they requested over decades. We have also made our cosmetic talc mines and processed talc available to regulators for testing. Regulators have tested both, and they have always found our talc to be asbestos-free. >The article ignores that J&J has always used the most advanced testing methods available to confirm that our cosmetic talc does not contain asbestos. Every method available to test J&J’s talc for asbestos has been used by J&J, regulators, or independent experts, and all of these methods have all found that our cosmetic talc is asbestos-free.

noja 8y ago
> that our cosmetic talc Strange word there, what other types of talc do they make?
- rhcom2 8y ago
  Apparently talc is also used in surgical procedures such as: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurodesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurodesis
- newnewpdro 8y ago
  Why? Talc has many applications [1], cosmetics obviously have a distinct set of requirements vs. food vs. internal use vs. industrial applications, etcetera. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talc#Uses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talc#Uses
fzeroracer 8y ago
It's interesting reading their site, considering it focuses almost entirely on the ovarian cancer side of things and manages to cite zero sources for their mesothelioma claims. Their miner and miller statistics have zero data backing them up. I'm inclined to believe J&J is heavily bullshitting here given how misleading their talc site is.