J&J subsidiary claims key talc research is fraudulent

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Complaint alleges study that helped link talc to cancer contained false information

Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) US subsidiary, LTL Management, has filed a legal complaint claiming that research describing a link between mesothelioma and cosmetic talc is fraudulent and should be retracted and/or corrected, since at least one of the subjects had been exposed to other sources of asbestos.