Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder will no longer be available!
Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder will no longer be available!
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UK healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson will stop selling baby powder globally in 2023. In fact, the pharmaceutical architect said on Thursday that the sale of the product has been stopped due to thousands of consumer safety cases going on in the US. Let us tell you that the company said that baby powder is already sold in countries around the world but now it will be removed worldwide portfolio. In fact, the company stopped selling its powder in the US and Canada in the year 2020. Let us tell you that a type of harmful fibre of asbestos was found in this powder, which was believed to be the cause of cancer.

Not only this, but in this case, 35 thousand women had filed cases against the company for having cancer of the uterus. Due to this, its demand in America was greatly reduced. On this, the company stopped selling baby powder in the US and Canada in 2020 but is still selling it in the rest of the world including Britain. Let us tell you that a US court had imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 crore on the company due to ovarian cancer from this powder. At the same time, the court had said that the company has played with the health of children. Not only this but the company was accused of mixing asbestos on its products.

In fact, the judge had even said in his order that the crime committed by the company cannot be compared with money, although when the crime is big, the compensation should also be big. Let us tell you that in the courtroom and on Capitol Hill, the company has repeatedly said that its products are safe and do not cause cancer.

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