Egyptian media said that the American company Johnson & Johnson is still selling one of its products in the Egyptian market, despite the fact that it causes many cancers, and the company announced last August to stop producing and selling it worldwide as of the current year 2023, after more than two years of stopping the company. Product sales in the United States.
Site mentioned "Russia Today" Quoted from the site "Cairo 24" that site "Amazon Egypt" It showed that the baby powder product, produced by Johnson & Johnson, is sold in Egypt on the Amazon platform at a value of 225 pounds, in addition to 26 pounds, the delivery value of 200 grams.
And the American company, Johnson & Johnson, announced that it would pay $ 8.9 billion over the next 25 years, in order to settle the allegations accusing it that the baby talcum powder that it produced about 130 years ago, and other talc products affiliated with it, cause cancer.
The company indicated, in a disclosure to the Securities Commission, that its subsidiary, LTL Management, had filed for bankruptcy protection, according to CNBC.
The company’s vice president of litigation stated that resolving this matter, through the proposed reorganization plan, is more equitable and effective, stressing that this solution allows for timely compensation of the plaintiffs, and enables the company to continue to focus on its commitment to profoundly impact health and humanity.
And in 2020, Johnson & Johnson said it would stop selling baby powder containing talc in the United States and Canada, because demand fell in the wake of what it called false information about the safety of the product amid a number of legal issues, but it said at the time that it would continue. in the sale of baby powder containing talc in the rest of the world.
Although Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay the damages, it indicated that it still believes those claims are flimsy and lack scientific merit.
The company ended selling its talcum powder globally this year, after it faced thousands of lawsuits from customers claiming that its talcum powder products cause cancer, while Johnson & Johnson paid $7.4 billion in litigation expenses between 2002 and 2021.
Johnson & Johnson faces tens of thousands of lawsuits from women who claim talcum powder causes them to develop ovarian cancer, but the company has reiterated its view that decades of independent research shows the product is safe to use.
A 2018 Reuters investigation alleged that Johnson & Johnson had known for decades that asbestos was in its talc products.
Baby powder is used to prevent allergic reactions to diapers and for other cosmetic uses, including as a dry shampoo.
