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A "wow, thanks for explaining basic things about cancer to me" would have been nice too. Take care, Dunning-Kruger.
Full text:    

A federal appeals court rejected Johnson & Johnson‘s plan to use a legal strategy to push about 38,000 talc lawsuits into bankruptcy court, hampering the controversial tactic the company and a handful of other profitable businesses have used to move mass personal-injury cases to chapter 11.   
 
The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday dismissed the chapter 11 case of J&J subsidiary LTL Management LLC, which the consumer-health-goods giant created in 2021 to move to bankruptcy court the mass lawsuits alleging its talc-based baby powder products caused cancer.   
 
The unanimous ruling was a rebuke to an emerging corporate restructuring strategy in which companies facing mass tort litigation invoke a Texas law to create a new subsidiary with minimal business operations and make it responsible for tort liabilities before putting that subsidiary in bankruptcy.   
 
A J&J representative didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment Monday. The company has denied that its talc products are unsafe and said resolving the tort claims in a chapter 11 plan was more efficient and fair for injury claimants than litigating or settling each claim one by one. >

So they know what they did? They know how they did it? They know who was involved and what “company” it’s now under…. 
Fuck these stupid assholes. Collectively. I’m sure individually someone has a red flag they’re waving, but collectively? If the company is to survive, are you gonna be the one to press the big red button? 
Because we all know, all of it. I live and work with J&J people. It’s wild what they did - but they got away with it! Signaling to other companies, that if you sell a harmful product, then you’re fine as long as you launder the lawsuits through your subsidiaries!
This should be illegal, and why it’s not speaks to how fucked up our system is and how frustrating it is to be an American citizen, Watch this happen, and think to myself “well… I guess they always win huh.” >

The product likely isn't harmful.  You don't need to worry too much about it.  A ton of follow-up studies have been done on it.  The evidence of it causing cancer isn't great.  Don't feel bad for them though, they've likely used their money to dodge lawsuits that actually deserved to lose in the past.  If you want to be a multi-billion dollar company you better be willing to deal with the risks of the business. >

Uhh, you are aware of what the lawsuit was about right?  It was about ovarian cancer. Did you read the article above?   If this case were about breathing in small particles, the makers of Fun Dip would be fucked too. This case is about very specific medical claims.  I don't feel sympathy for J&J, but I'm not going to pretend that a jury gets to have the final word on science.  I can laugh at them for getting fucked over and read about the evidence at the same time. It's not a binary choice here. >

I did you said there was no cancer risk, if it causes cancer in the lungs it’s not a huge leap to it’s carcinogenic and therefore causes cancer… >


if it causes cancer in the lungs it’s not a huge leap to it’s carcinogenic and therefore causes cancer…

It's a massive leap to say that. There is a ton of evidence about small particles getting trapped in the lungs leading to cellular damage.  That causes the cells in the lungs to mutate into cancer. Ovaries don't function the same way your lungs do.   It's why not using sunscreen puts you at risk for skin cancer and not pancreatic cancer. Different cancers have different causes. >

Yeah and asbestos in you talc will cause cancer, get a clue.