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Neil Shaw

J&J may be forced to stop selling talc in UK as cancer court cases continue

Johnson & Johnson may be forced to stop selling its baby powder talc in the UK and around the world amid concerns over alleged links to cancer, reports The Guardian.

The company is facing an attempt to force a shareholder vote to stop global sales of the products.

US regulators detected chrysotile fibres, a type of asbestos, in a sample several years ago and the company is facing more than 34,000 lawsuits.

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