(Natural News) The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), has declared that firefighting is a cancer-causing occupation. The IARC Monographs program convened 25 international experts from eight countries for a meeting in Lyon. The summary of the meeting was published online in the Lancet Oncology. It classified […]

(Natural News) In an attempt to avoid having to pay up to the tens of thousands of victims who were harmed by its toxic, talc-based baby powder product, drug giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) formed a new shell company, handed off all liability to it, and immediately declared bankruptcy. Dubbed “Project Plato,” the plan involved […]

(Natural News) Johnson & Johnson is coming under scrutiny from investors over CEO Alex Gorsky’s pay package, with critics complaining that the healthcare company is shielding executives from the legal costs of their poor business decisions. In calculating stock awards to top executives, the company excluded costs related to some of the major lawsuits Johnson […]

(Natural News) Health Canada has issued a warning about blue and gray disposable face masks, which contain an asbestos-like substance associated with “early pulmonary toxicity.” The SNN200642 masks, which are made in China and sold and distributed by a Quebec-based company called Métallifer, had been part of Canada’s public school reopening plan. Students were told […]

(Natural News) Living a healthy lifestyle involves practicing habits like eating a balanced diet and exercising regularly, as well as avoiding environmental toxins, which can adversely affect your overall well-being. However, the latter may prove difficult, as these toxins are present in various products, even in the food you eat. What are environmental toxins? Environmental […]

(Natural News) In addition to having to pay out hundreds of millions of dollars in judgments, Johnson & Johnson is now the subject of a criminal investigation by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). The DOJ will reportedly seek answers as to whether or not J&J executives knowingly lied to the public about the […]

(Natural News) In a landmark decision, a New York state jury has decided that Johnson & Johnson (J&J) must compensate a woman who claims she was harmed by the company’s talc baby powder products, which we earlier reported have been identified as being contaminated with cancer-causing asbestos. J&J has reportedly been ordered to pay out […]

(Natural News) Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $29 million after a California jury determined that its baby powder contributed substantially to a woman’s mesothelioma. The immensely popular product, which has been widely used on babies and adults alike for decades, is the target of more than 13,000 similar lawsuits that have been […]

(Natural News) Johnson & Johnson (J&J), an iconic household name in the United States, is facing a multitude of lawsuits after it was revealed that the company’s talc baby powder products are contaminated with cancer-causing asbestos – a fact that the company has known about since at least the early 1970s, it turns out. Internal […]

(Natural News) Slacking on the job is bad enough, but it becomes criminal – and deadly – when your line of work involves deadly cancer-causing materials such as asbestos. That’s why 17 certified asbestos inspectors are now looking at up to seven years’ jail time, CBS New York reported. Rich Lamb of CBS New York […]