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Baby powder is usually corn starch now.

In the US! J&J Baby Powder in the UK is still talcum powder...

Edit: I now see that'll be phased out, later this year https://www.jnj.com/johnson-johnson-consumer-health-to-trans...

I’ve been stocking up. Just don't be stupid and inhale it (which is bad for you asbestos or not asbestos).

Corn starch as a replacement sucks compared to talc.

Sort of makes you wonder if the corn lobby was funneling money to this lawsuit. Sounds like a conspiracy theory, but you never know.

> Sounds like a conspiracy theory, but you never know.

When something “sounds” like it and you don’t have any evidence, it IS a conspiracy theory.

Don't know if that is the case here, but that possibility cannot be discounted. It is a definite pattern for litigation attorneys. Studies can be easily manufactured.

> Studies can be easily manufactured.

Studies can be replicated(or failed to do so) by a company the size of J&J.

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