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FILE - In this April 15, 2011 file photo, a bottle of Johnson's baby powder is displayed in San Francisco. A St. Louis jury on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, awarded a California woman more than $70 million in her lawsuit alleging that years of using Johnson & Johnson's baby powder caused her cancer, the latest case raising concerns about the health ramifications of extended talcum powder use. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) (AP)

J&J stops selling talc-based baby powder

Myron Levin - FairWarning
An illustration shows a man exhaling smoke from an electronic cigarette in Washington, DC on October 2, 2018. - In just three years, the electronic cigarette manufacturer Juul has swallowed the American market with its vaporettes in the shape of a USB key. Its success represents a public health dilemma for health authorities in the United States and elsewhere. (Photo by EVA HAMBACH / AFP) (Photo credit should read EVA HAMBACH/AFP/Getty Images) (Eva Hambach/AFP/Getty Images)

The corporate art of deception

Keith A. Spencer
(AP/Paul Sancya)

EPA faces backlash on asbestos proposal

Nicole Karlis
(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Baby powder battles

Myron Levin - FairWarning
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Asbestos found in Claire's makeup kits

Jarrett Lyons
(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Fleecing America’s builders

Maryam Jameel
AP Photo/Regina Garcia Cano (AP)

Antiregulatory laws and work

Elizabeth Grossman - In These Times

Myron Levin - FairWarning
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"The worst was the asbestos!"

Josh Eidelson
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Jim Morris - Center For Public Integrity

David Rosner, Gerald Markowitz - TomDispatch.com
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