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Johnson & Johnson Recalls Baby Powder After Tests Show Asbestos In Sample
Johnson & Johnson said on Friday it is recalling around 33,000 bottles of baby powder in the United States after U.S. health regulators found trace amounts of asbestos in samples taken from a bottle purchased online.
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Drug Regulator Draws Johnson and Johnson Baby Powder Samples For Testing
The country's top drug regulator, the CDSCO, drew samples of Johnson and Johnson's baby powder from the company's Baddi plant in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday amid reports that the product allegedly contained cancer-causing asbestos.
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Johnson & Johnson Knew For Decades Asbestos Lurked In Baby Powder: Report
Darlene Coker knew she was dying. She just wanted to know why. Coker sued Johnson & Johnson, alleging that "poisonous talc" in the company's beloved product was her killer.
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Town Built On Asbestos May Find New Life In By-Product Of Deadly Mineral
There's no running away from the past in Asbestos, Quebec.
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Canada To Ban Asbestos By 2018
Once the world's top producer of asbestos, Canada said Thursday it will ban the heat-resistant fibrous mineral that is woven into building and other materials but which has been found to cause cancer.
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UK Parliament Faces Repair Bill of Up to 7.1 Billion Pounds
The bill to repair Britain's crumbling Houses of Parliament could hit £7.1 billion unless lawmakers move out for up to six years, according to a study published today.
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Asbestos, Japan tsunami's other hidden danger
Inside the chunks of slate and wallboard smashed and scattered by Japan's tsunami hides a health risk that has been overshadowed by contamination from a leaking nuclear plant: the odorless and nearly invisible threat of asbestos.Activists have found the cancer-causing, fibrous material in the air and debris collected from the devastated northeaster...
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Arthritis increases the risk of lung cancer
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis have a high risk of lung cancer.
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Johnson & Johnson Recalls Baby Powder After Tests Show Asbestos In Sample
Johnson & Johnson said on Friday it is recalling around 33,000 bottles of baby powder in the United States after U.S. health regulators found trace amounts of asbestos in samples taken from a bottle purchased online.
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Drug Regulator Draws Johnson and Johnson Baby Powder Samples For Testing
The country's top drug regulator, the CDSCO, drew samples of Johnson and Johnson's baby powder from the company's Baddi plant in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday amid reports that the product allegedly contained cancer-causing asbestos.
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Johnson & Johnson Knew For Decades Asbestos Lurked In Baby Powder: Report
Darlene Coker knew she was dying. She just wanted to know why. Coker sued Johnson & Johnson, alleging that "poisonous talc" in the company's beloved product was her killer.
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Town Built On Asbestos May Find New Life In By-Product Of Deadly Mineral
There's no running away from the past in Asbestos, Quebec.
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Canada To Ban Asbestos By 2018
Once the world's top producer of asbestos, Canada said Thursday it will ban the heat-resistant fibrous mineral that is woven into building and other materials but which has been found to cause cancer.
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UK Parliament Faces Repair Bill of Up to 7.1 Billion Pounds
The bill to repair Britain's crumbling Houses of Parliament could hit £7.1 billion unless lawmakers move out for up to six years, according to a study published today.
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Asbestos, Japan tsunami's other hidden danger
Inside the chunks of slate and wallboard smashed and scattered by Japan's tsunami hides a health risk that has been overshadowed by contamination from a leaking nuclear plant: the odorless and nearly invisible threat of asbestos.Activists have found the cancer-causing, fibrous material in the air and debris collected from the devastated northeaster...
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Arthritis increases the risk of lung cancer
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis have a high risk of lung cancer.
