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NDTV Ground Report From Uttarakhand Army Camp Where 9 Are Missing
Broken asbestos sheets, upturned cars, boulders all around present the grim picture of an Army camp devastated by the Uttarakhand flash floods.
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UK Woman Makes Chilling Discovery Under Floorboards Of 250-Year-Old Home
Acquiring an old home has its own excitement, for the charm it brings. But there is always a risk of uncovering something new and possibly disastrous such as asbestos or lead paint.
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Johnson & Johnson Risks UK Lawsuit Over Powder Cancer Claim By Thousands
UK claimants on Wednesday announced legal action against US pharmaceutical and cosmetics giant Johnson & Johnson, alleging that women diagnosed with cancers were exposed to asbestos in the company's talcum powder.
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13 Injured After School Roof Gets Ripped Off During Windstorm In Chhattisgarh
At least 13 students were injured after the asbestos roof of a government school got ripped off in a windstorm and pieces of bricks fell on them in a remote village in Chhattisgarh's Korba district on Wednesday, police said.
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Temporary Jails Come Up As Assam Continues Crackdown On Child Marriages
Workers were busy shovelling and scores of asbestos sheets were lying around as preparations were on to convert the Silchar ground, overgrown with grass, into a makeshift-prison to house those arrested in the crackdown against child marriage.
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US Supreme Court Declines To Hear Johnson & Johnson Appeal Over $2 Billion Baby Powder Judgement
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear Johnson & Johnson's bid to overturn a $2.12 billion damages award to women who blamed their ovarian cancer on asbestos in the company's baby powder and other talc products.
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Johnson & Johnson Ordered To Pay $120 Million Damages In New York Baby Powder Case
Johnson & Johnson has been ordered by a New York state judge to pay $120 million in damages to a Brooklyn woman and her husband, after she blamed her cancer on asbestos exposure from using the company's baby powder.
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Johnson & Johnson To Appeal $2.12 Billion Baby Powder Verdict To US Supreme Court
Missouri's highest court on Tuesday refused to consider Johnson & Johnson's appeal of a $2.12 billion damages award to women who blamed their ovarian cancer on asbestos in its baby powder and other talc products.
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Johnson & Johnson Says New Tests Show No Asbestos In Baby Powder
Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday that recent tests showed that Johnson's Baby Powder was free of asbestos after USFood and Drug Administration investigations reported trace amounts of the material in the product earlier this year.
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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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NDTV Ground Report From Uttarakhand Army Camp Where 9 Are Missing
Broken asbestos sheets, upturned cars, boulders all around present the grim picture of an Army camp devastated by the Uttarakhand flash floods.
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UK Woman Makes Chilling Discovery Under Floorboards Of 250-Year-Old Home
Acquiring an old home has its own excitement, for the charm it brings. But there is always a risk of uncovering something new and possibly disastrous such as asbestos or lead paint.
-
Johnson & Johnson Risks UK Lawsuit Over Powder Cancer Claim By Thousands
UK claimants on Wednesday announced legal action against US pharmaceutical and cosmetics giant Johnson & Johnson, alleging that women diagnosed with cancers were exposed to asbestos in the company's talcum powder.
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13 Injured After School Roof Gets Ripped Off During Windstorm In Chhattisgarh
At least 13 students were injured after the asbestos roof of a government school got ripped off in a windstorm and pieces of bricks fell on them in a remote village in Chhattisgarh's Korba district on Wednesday, police said.
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Temporary Jails Come Up As Assam Continues Crackdown On Child Marriages
Workers were busy shovelling and scores of asbestos sheets were lying around as preparations were on to convert the Silchar ground, overgrown with grass, into a makeshift-prison to house those arrested in the crackdown against child marriage.
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US Supreme Court Declines To Hear Johnson & Johnson Appeal Over $2 Billion Baby Powder Judgement
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear Johnson & Johnson's bid to overturn a $2.12 billion damages award to women who blamed their ovarian cancer on asbestos in the company's baby powder and other talc products.
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Johnson & Johnson Ordered To Pay $120 Million Damages In New York Baby Powder Case
Johnson & Johnson has been ordered by a New York state judge to pay $120 million in damages to a Brooklyn woman and her husband, after she blamed her cancer on asbestos exposure from using the company's baby powder.
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Johnson & Johnson To Appeal $2.12 Billion Baby Powder Verdict To US Supreme Court
Missouri's highest court on Tuesday refused to consider Johnson & Johnson's appeal of a $2.12 billion damages award to women who blamed their ovarian cancer on asbestos in its baby powder and other talc products.
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Johnson & Johnson Says New Tests Show No Asbestos In Baby Powder
Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday that recent tests showed that Johnson's Baby Powder was free of asbestos after USFood and Drug Administration investigations reported trace amounts of the material in the product earlier this year.
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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.
