Johnson & Johnson sues researchers who linked #talc to #cancer

Defendants say the lawsuits are meant to "silence" scientists

By Dietrich Knauth
July 13, 202312:50 PM EDTUpdated 2 days ago

"J&J is facing more than 38,000 lawsuits alleging that the company's talc products, including its Baby Powder, were contaminated by asbestos and caused cancers including ovarian cancer and mesothelioma. J&J is attempting to resolve those lawsuits, as well as any future talc lawsuits, through an $8.9 billion settlement in bankruptcy court.

"J&J says that its talc products are safe and do not contain asbestos.

"J&J has stopped selling talc-based Baby Powder in favor of cornstarch-based products, citing an increase in lawsuits and 'misinformation' about the talc product's safety."

#ProductSafety #BigCorporations #JohnsonAndJohnson #BabyPowder

Read more:
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/johnson-johnson-sues-researchers-who-linked-talc-cancer-2023-07-13/

50 years ago, 1973's "Soylent Green" depicted a nightmarish future: the oceans are dead, corporations are in control, and many are homeless. Um...

"In 2022, Earth is overpopulated and totally polluted; the natural resources have been exhausted, and the nourishment of the population is provided by Soylent Industries, a company that makes a food consisting of plankton from the oceans. In New York City, when Soylent's member of the board, William R. Simonson, is murdered, apparently by a burglar at the Chelsea Towers West where he lives, efficient Detective Thorn is assigned to investigate the case with his partner Solomon "Sol" Roth. Thorn comes to the fancy apartment and meets Simonson's bodyguard Tab Fielding and the "furniture" (woman that is rented together with the flat) Shirl and the detective concludes that the executive was not a burglary victim but executed. Further, he finds that the Governor Santini and other powerful men want to disrupt and end Thorn's investigation. But Thorn continues his work and discovers a bizarre, disturbing secret of the ingredient used to manufacture Soylent Green."—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Extinction #Oceans #SoylentGreen #Dystopia #BigCorporations

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070723/plotsummary/

@Natanox @yisraeldov @grandfunk good question...

Also #Nix being very different from other #Linux distros makes it more of an exception than norm and less useful than #OracleLinux or #OpenSuse for development cuz at the end of the day, applications must run where they're intended to run.

And let's face it: #BigCorporations and not the average small business pay people to write custom tools and improve #Linux ....

And what about all the wild animals?!! All because of greed and our addiction to plastics!

Animals falling sick, dying near hellish #Ohio train derailment site

"Animals are falling sick and dying near the site of a hellish Ohio train derailment last Friday which released toxic chemicals into the air, according to reports — sparking fears of the potential health impacts the crash could have on humans.

"Taylor Holzer, owner of a dairy farm just outside the evacuation zone in East Palestine, told WKBN several foxes he keeps on his property have become mortally ill."
#EastPalestine #TrainDerailment #Phosphene #ChemicalWarfare by #BigCorporations!

https://nypost.com/2023/02/10/animals-sick-dying-near-east-palestine-ohio-train-crash/