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Pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson announced Thursday that it will stop selling talc-based baby powder in 2023.The company said that the switch from talc-based to cornstarch-based baby powder is a “commercial decision” to sustain long-term business growth.
The move comes two years after Johnson & Johnson announced it would stop selling its talc-based baby powder products in the U.S. and Canada amid ongoing legal battles over whether the company’s baby powder and its talc ingredient led to people developing illnesses such as ovarian cancer and asbestos poisoning.
