Johnson & Johnson will stop worldwide sales of its talc-based baby powder – the subject of numerous lawsuits – and switch to cornstarch-based powder.
and other conditions. In some cases, the company was ordered to pay damages in the millions of dollars.“Our position on the safety of our cosmetic talc remains unchanged. We stand firmly behind the decades of independent scientific analysis by medical experts around the world that confirms talc-based Johnson’s Baby Powder is safe, does not contain asbestos, and does not cause cancer,” the statement said.
The company noted that cornstarch-based powder is already being sold around the world. J&J said the switch will allow the company to simplify product offerings and better serve customers. The company’s decision was hailed by Janette Robinson Flint, executive director of Black Women for Wellness, one of the groups pressuring J&J to stop selling the talc-based powder. Robinson Flint told thethat when J&J said they took the product off the market in North America, “they didn’t really take it off the market – they just changed the market. They took it out of high-end stores but kept it at 99-cent stores.
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