Cancer victims sue Johnson & Johnson over mesothelioma from asbestos in talc powder - “So far we are just scratching the surface. This is a ticking timebomb.”
Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $6.32 billion in talcum powder cancer case -
A St Louis jury has awarded more than $6 billion ($US4.7 billion) in total damages to 22 women and their families after they claimed asbestos in Johnson & Johnson talcum powder contributed to their ovarian cancer, in the first case against the company that focused on asbestos in the powder.
Key points:
Johnson & Johnson said the verdict was the result of an unfair process
Medical experts testified that asbestos was intermingled with mineral talc
Six of the 22 plaintiffs in the latest trial have died from ovarian cancer
High fruit and vegetable consumption may reduce risk of breast cancer -
Women who eat a high amount of fruits and vegetables each day may have a lower risk of breast cancer, especially of aggressive tumors, than those who eat fewer fruits and vegetables .....
Dr. Johanna Budwig left us in 2003, at the age of 95, after being nominated six times for the Nobel Prize in medicine. She cured cancers in “terminally ill” patients....