At the same time, at least three juries have rejected claims that Baby Powder was tainted with asbestos or caused plaintiffs’ mesothelioma. Johnson’s Baby Powder grew out of a line of medicated plasters, sticky rubber strips loaded with mustard and other home remedies. Hammondsville was the primary source of Baby Powder talc from 1966 until its shutdown in 1990. That’s why he zeroed in on Johnson’s Baby Powder after he took on Darlene Coker as a client in 1997. Deckard remembers seeing the white bottle of Johnson’s Baby Powder on the changing table where her mother diapered her new sister.

Source: Huffington Post December 14, 2018 14:15 UTC