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On the recordDecember 9, 2010
I do want to tell you that on December 10th, 2010, Representative Pressley and I sent a letter to the CEO at Johnson & Johnson, Alex Gorsky, about the targeted marketing and sale of your talc-based baby powder and its potential to cause harm, particularly to women and girls of color, due to asbestos contamination.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

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Schakowsky discusses a letter addressing harmful marketing practices by Johnson & Johnson.

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