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The firm Johnson & Johnson pays much money. It is 5 point 5 billion dollars. The firm wants to end a long dispute. It is about baby powder from the stone Talkum.

Many women in the USA sue the firm. They say: The baby powder causes cancer. It is often cancer at the Eier-Stock. The firm says: The powder is safe.

The money ends almost all law suits in the USA. It is about 69000 cases. In other lands the dispute goes on. For example in Gro#00df-Britannien there are still law suits.

Johnson & Johnson sells the powder no more. In the USA the sale stops in the year 2020. Since the year 2023 the powder exists worldwide no more.

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Definitions

Talkum
Talkum is a soft stone. People use it often for powder. Some researchers think: Talkum can make cancer.
Eier-Stock-Krebs
This is a hard illness for women. A bad growth grows at the body place.
Vergleich
A Vergleich is a peace before court. One side pays much money. Then the law suit ends.

People

Erik Haas
He is an important lawyer at the firm Johnson & Johnson. He cares for the law suits against the firm.

Locations

USA
A big land in North-America. There are the most law suits against the firm.
Gro#00df-Britannien
A land in Europe. There are still law problems for the firm.

Sources

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Al Jazeera

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