J&J was alerted on Asbestos risk in talc in 70s, files show
A lawsuit filed against Johnson & Johnson claims talc used by J&J to make its products "is not now, nor has it ever been, free from asbestos". Documents unsealed in lawsuit show traces of carcinogen at J&J's Windsor mine. According to a government consultant, the drugmaker was in 1972 informed that asbestos in talc products could cause serious health problems.