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J&J Says No Asbestos Found in Baby Powder, Disputing FDA Test
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Johnson & Johnson said that multiple lab tests found no sign of asbestos in a recalled lot of baby powder, putting the health products giant at odds with U.S. health regulators who stuck by results that detected a trace amount of the carcinogen.
J&J is facing nearly 17,000 lawsuits claiming that asbestos in its popular baby powder products gave people cancer. On Oct. 18, J&J said that it would pull a single lot of 33,000 bottles off the market after a Food and Drug Administration-conducted test uncovered tiny amounts of the contaminant in one bottle of the product.