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Johnson & Johnson is an American corporation which engages in the research and development, manufacture and sale of products in the health care field. J&J was founded in 1886 and now includes around 250 subsidiary companies with operations in 60 countries. It’s products are sold in over 175 countries.

• On Oct. 18, 2019, Johnson & Johnson recalled 33,000 bottles of baby powder after the Food and Drug Administration discovered traces of asbestos (a known carcinogen) in the product.
• Many felt the recall came a little too late and that J&J knew about the asbestos far before the recall. Before the official recall, over 15 thousand lawsuits were filed regarding the fact that asbestos was indeed in their popular product.