JOHNSON & JOHNSON
HAS BEEN ORDERED BY A JURY IN MISSOURI TO PAY $55 MILLION TO
ONE WOMAN WHO SAYS THAT THE COMPANY FAILED TO GIVE HER AND
OTHERS PROPER INFORMATION AND WARNINGS ABOUT THEIR PRODUCTS
THAT INCLUDE TALC AND HOW TALC HAS A LINK TO INCREASED RISKS
OF OVARIAN CANCER.
RING OF FIRE RADIO DID A REPORT ON THIS.
I
WANT TO SHOW YOU A PIECE OF IT TO DISCUSS THE REASON WHY
CORPORATIONS DO THIS.
THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME A CORPORATION
HAS FAILED TO LET CONSUMERS KNOW ABOUT THE POTENTIAL RISKS OF
PRODUCTS THEY ARE SELLING.
IT COMES DOWN
TO THE BOTTOM LINE.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THEY CALCULATE,
NOT ONLY THE COST OF THAT BUT HOW MANY OF THESE PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO DIE OFF THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH?
>> HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DIE OFF?
THEY GO INTO
DETAILS ABOUT HOW THEIR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS INVOLVED IN
CASES LIKE THIS.
I THINK THIS IS MOSTLY SPECULATIVE, BUT WHEN
YOU CALCULATE THAT YOU DECIDE THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
DIE FROM THIS CONDITION, OR MAYBE THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
MIGHT RUN OUT ON CASES LIKE THIS SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH
THE LEGAL REPERCUSSIONS OF DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
THEY DID
A GREAT REPORT ON THAT.
I WANT TO GIVE THEM CREDIT.
THIS IS
WHY REGULATION DOESN'T WORK.
THIS IS WHY WE NEED OVERSIGHT.
THESE ARE CORPORATIONS THAT HAVE A BOTTOM LINE.
THEY WANT TO
MAKE MONEY.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME CHECKS AND BALANCES TO
MAKE SURE THE CONSUMER ISN'T GETTING SCREWED.
>>YES.
THAT
SAID, IT IS NOT CERTAIN WHETHER THESE THINGS CAUSE CANCER.
TALC,
WHAT IS IN TALC, NATURAL TALC, HAS ASBESTOS IN IT.
ASBESTOS
CAUSES CANCER.
SINCE THE 1970S ALL CONSUMER LEVEL TALCUM POWDER
HAS NO ASBESTOS IN IT.
THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO TAKE IT OUT OF
LEAD PIPES BUT ñ IT'S DIFFICULT IN MEDICINE.
I KNOW WE JUST
SPENT OUR LAST VIDEO TALKING ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT IT IS FOR
THE PATIENT.
IT IS DIFFICULT IN MEDICINE.
YOU ASK DOCTORS
ABOUT THE MEDICINES THEY ARE GIVING OUT TO PEOPLE.
THEY KNOW
IN THE GRAND COURSE OF THINGS THOSE MEDICINES WILL BE OBSOLETE
SOMEDAY.
THERE IS A PROGRESSION OF HOW NEW MEDICINES ARE
PERCEIVED.
IT ENDS IN IT BEING POISON.
THIS ISN'T A MEDICINE,
THIS IS TALCUM POWDER.
THERE IS A GIANT JUDGMENT.
>>IS THERE ANY KIND OF REGULATION FOR SOMETHING LIKE
TALCUM POWDER?
>>I KNOW THAT TALCUM POWDER IS
USED BY ATHLETES TO PREVENT CHAFING AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
I KNOW SOME WOMEN USE IT FOR FRESHNESS DOWN
THERE OR WHATEVER IT IS.
PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT THERE NEEDS
TO BE MORE OVERSIGHT, BUT ALSO THERE IS A PUSH BY CORPORATIONS
LIKE JOHNSON & JOHNSON AND OTHERS TO MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE
YOU ARE DISGUSTING AND YOU HAVE TO CONSTANTLY DOUSE YOURSELF IN
CHEMICALS.
OFTENTIMES YOU DON'T NEED IT.
I HAVE TALKED ABOUT
THIS BEFORE AND IT MAKES PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY.
BUT I WILL SAY IT, MOST PEOPLE DON'T NEED DEODORANT.
I DON'T
WEAR DEODORANT.
I SMELL FINE.
>>YEAH, I KNOW.
>>SOME PEOPLE DO, RIGHT?
BUT THIS IDEA THAT WE ALL NEED TO
PUT THESE CHEMICALS
UNDER OUR ARMPITS BECAUSE YOU ARE STINKY AND SWEATY, I AM
NOT BUYING IT.
I REMEMBER BEING TOLD YOU DON'T NEED DEODORANT
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS CRAZY.
THEN I EXPERIMENTED WITH AND I
STOPPED USING IT.
>>YOU STARTED USING TALCUM POWDER UNDER THERE.
>>NO I DON'T.
>>WHAT DO YOU USE?
>>THE ONLY TIME I HAVE A
PROBLEM IS IF I HAVE A SUPER STRESSFUL DAY.
I DO EXERCISE,
I SWEAT BUT IT IS NOT STINKY.
IT'S JUST NOT FOR ME.
BUT IF I
AM STRESSED IT DOES GET LIKE THAT AND THEN THERE IS NATURAL
DEODORANT I USE.
I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE SCIENCE OF IT.
>> I NEED STUFF TO MAKE ME NOT SO DISGUSTING AND SMELLY.
I WANT TO
KNOW WHAT IS IN THOSE THINGS.
IF IT IS A MATTER OF JUST PRINTING
IT ON THE PACKAGING, THE SAD PART IS EVEN IF IT IS ON THE
PACKAGING WARNING ME I MIGHT NOT SEE IT.
I DON'T KNOW TO DO THAT.
I ASSUME IMPLICIT IN TARGET'S AGREEMENT TO PUT STUFF ON THEIR
SHELVES AT THESE THINGS ARE NOT GOING TO KILL ME.
BUT WHAT IF
THEY DO?
WHAT IF I ALSO HAVE THIS WEIRD CONFIDENCE THAT MIGHT
NOT EXIST?
IF THEY DID KILL ME WHY THEY WOULD BE ON THE
SHELVES?
>>DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH.
>>YOU GUYS CAN BE ADVOCATES FOR
YOURSELF AND EDUCATE YOURSELF ABOUT PRODUCTS OR DRUGS THAT ARE
HARMFUL.
I DO APPRECIATE BRETT RINGING UP THE FACT THAT THERE
IS DISAGREEMENT ABOUT TALC.
YOU CAN BE AN ADVOCATE YOURSELF BY
GOING TO DRUGSAFETYNEWS.COM.
THEY DO A GREAT JOB ABOUT
INFORMING CONSUMERS.