Where is the largest and fastest growing market for the
talc mining?
The company may, however, repay these loans if the
talc project is concluded before it repays the senior debt of its principal financing providers.
A large series of measurements of asbestos fiber burdens in patients with pleural mesothelioma has found the presence of
talc to be common, exceeding 65% among both men and women;
The health care company has faced 12 trials by plaintiffs claiming asbestos in
talc caused their mesothelioma.
Leavitt's was the first
talc case to go to trial since Reuters on Dec.
The websites and FAQs as well as full-page newspaper advertisements all draw attention to the fact that the link between ovarian cancer and
talc are dubious.
The report noted documents show consulting labs as early as 1957 and 1958 found asbestos in J&J
talc. Further reports by the company and outside labs showed similar findings through the early 2000s.
Studies show the
talc does not cause cancer or asbestos-related disease."
"We hope this verdict will get the attention of the J&J board and that it will lead them to better inform the medical community and the public about the connection between asbestos,
talc, and ovarian cancer.