Reuters' prior exposé on the subject is one of the best pieces of scientific journalism I've ever read, and pretty damning towards J&J. Highly recommend to anyone looking for a good primer on the...
Reuters' prior exposé on the subject is one of the best pieces of scientific journalism I've ever read, and pretty damning towards J&J. Highly recommend to anyone looking for a good primer on the subject:
So J&J is suing some doctors for supposedly concealing details from their research when J&J themselves spent literal decades (from the 1970s-2000s) concealing their research on asbestos in talcum...
LTL said the researchers concealed the fact that some or all of the patients involved in their studies had been exposed to asbestos from other sources.
So J&J is suing some doctors for supposedly concealing details from their research when J&J themselves spent literal decades (from the 1970s-2000s) concealing their research on asbestos in talcum powder because it would affect their bottom line (according to the great article that FluffyKittens posted).
Shambolic society we live in that allows this kind of shit to happen regularly. Profits over people every single time. Company does something bad -> people die or develop life-altering diseases -> company tries to hide/bury the evidence -> eventually gets found out -> company pays trivial fine, maybe axes a scapegoat or two, and restructures so as to continue business under a different name. Sound familiar?
No one held accountable, victims seldom see substantial recompense, and the cycle rinses and repeats itself until the next big scandal comes around. The best we can hope for seems to be marginal changes in policies and regulations after major tragedies and/or catastrophic loss of life. Sure would be nice to not need the latter to obtain the former.
Reuters' prior exposé on the subject is one of the best pieces of scientific journalism I've ever read, and pretty damning towards J&J. Highly recommend to anyone looking for a good primer on the subject:
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/johnsonandjohnson-cancer/.
Thanks for that link. First i’m hearing of it. What a terrible thing.
So J&J is suing some doctors for supposedly concealing details from their research when J&J themselves spent literal decades (from the 1970s-2000s) concealing their research on asbestos in talcum powder because it would affect their bottom line (according to the great article that FluffyKittens posted).
Shambolic society we live in that allows this kind of shit to happen regularly. Profits over people every single time. Company does something bad -> people die or develop life-altering diseases -> company tries to hide/bury the evidence -> eventually gets found out -> company pays trivial fine, maybe axes a scapegoat or two, and restructures so as to continue business under a different name. Sound familiar?
No one held accountable, victims seldom see substantial recompense, and the cycle rinses and repeats itself until the next big scandal comes around. The best we can hope for seems to be marginal changes in policies and regulations after major tragedies and/or catastrophic loss of life. Sure would be nice to not need the latter to obtain the former.