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Johnson and Johnson knew for decades that asbestos lurked in its Baby Powder

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Re: Johnson and Johnson knew for decades that asbestos lurked in its Baby Powder

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Post by rasengan »

When companies like Marriott and JJ are doing things like this, people incur great losses and there is little to no repurcussion to the companies.

Meanwhile, some guy in the street will go to prison for selling some weed.

All those who did this at JJ honestly deserves a life sentence at a minimum given abestos exposure leads to mesothelioma.

This is some diabolical stuff - something out of a movie, akin to for example contaminating the water supply in Batman.

So evil.

Re: Johnson and Johnson knew for decades that asbestos lurked in its Baby Powder

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Post by r_singh »

rasengan wrote: post #5

When companies like Marriott and JJ are doing things like this, people incur great losses and there is little to no repurcussion to the companies. Meanwhile, some guy in the street will go to prison for selling some weed. All those who did this at JJ honestly deserves a life sentence at a minimum given abestos exposure leads to mesothelioma. This is some diabolical stuff - something out of a movie, akin to for exampl…

Big corps who can do anything to capture market share and have some sort leverage over the Government cannot be trusted.

I guess people just forget about all ethics when huge debt / investment / incentive is involved. Leverage over media and governments along with an army of lawyers and bean counters just makes this whole thing possible.

Meanwhile globalisation has arguably made it more difficult for SMEs to market / sell products in industries within which big corps have huge interests.

Re: Johnson and Johnson knew for decades that asbestos lurked in its Baby Powder

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Post by refurb »

foolrush wrote: post #6

Makes these stories more relevant. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/23/business/johnson-talc-can... Almost as if the “free market” doesn’t regulate itself and generate ethical results...

You realize that the FDA (regulator) was award of these results and still didn’t pull it off the market?

Re: Johnson and Johnson knew for decades that asbestos lurked in its Baby Powder

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Post by ekianjo »

foolrush wrote: post #6

Makes these stories more relevant. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/23/business/johnson-talc-can... Almost as if the “free market” doesn’t regulate itself and generate ethical results...

Don't forget to include the regulators in your argument, since they were also heavily involved. So much for "the free market".
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