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I had surely expected a warninglabel would be placed on talc products afterthe...

I had surely expected a warning
label would be placed on talc products after
the International Agency for Research on Cancer
declared talc to be a possible carcinogen

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I had surely expected a warning label would be placed
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on talc products after the International Agency
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for Research on Cancer declared talc
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to be a possible carcinogen.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
38
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:42
Uploaded
Jun 18, 2025
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Movie Summary

Beauty products are a multi-billion-dollar industry. Despite public attention, companies continue to get away with harmful practices that leave the average consumer wondering which brand can be trusted. Toxic Beauty's case in point is the landmark class action lawsuit brought by female cancer survivors against Johnson & Johnson, in the face of the company's insistence that their baby talc products are safe.
But even then, no warning labels appeared, - Toxic Beauty 00:11
But even then, no warning labels appeared,
But I always had the intent to go on - Toxic Beauty 00:05
But I always had the intent to go on
And when it came time to choose a thesis, that is, - Toxic Beauty 00:14
And when it came time to choose a thesis, that is,
DR. NESS: Dan is the guy who I consider to be - Toxic Beauty 00:11
DR. NESS: Dan is the guy who I consider to be
And epidemiology, you know, I call us detective people. - Toxic Beauty 00:05
And epidemiology, you know, I call us detective people.
He was one of the people who published way back - Toxic Beauty 00:08
He was one of the people who published way back
DEANE: Without him, I really wonder if this ever would have - Toxic Beauty 00:05
DEANE: Without him, I really wonder if this ever would have
But he'd been fighting it, - Toxic Beauty 00:06
But he'd been fighting it,
Well, first I should explain that we decided that we would do - Toxic Beauty 00:05
Well, first I should explain that we decided that we would d...
We would interview women who'd recently been diagnosed - Toxic Beauty 00:07
We would interview women who'd recently been diagnosed
And there was clearly an excess of women who used - Toxic Beauty 00:14
And there was clearly an excess of women who used
[talc rumbling] - Toxic Beauty 00:15
[talc rumbling]
There's nothing unique about Johnson & Johnson - Toxic Beauty 00:06
There's nothing unique about Johnson & Johnson
[keys clicking] - Toxic Beauty 00:06
[keys clicking]
And who they're represented by. - Toxic Beauty 00:04
And who they're represented by.
MEL: The last two years of a different chemo drug, - Toxic Beauty 00:14
MEL: The last two years of a different chemo drug,
Most of it is underneath, and now the tips are sticking out. - Toxic Beauty 00:06
Most of it is underneath, and now the tips are sticking out.
It's days at a time where you can't even just drink water - Toxic Beauty 00:07
It's days at a time where you can't even just drin...
MEL: When I was overseas on military bases, - Toxic Beauty 00:09
MEL: When I was overseas on military bases,
GROUP: ♪ Shower to Shower each day! ♪ - Toxic Beauty 00:13
GROUP: ♪ Shower to Shower each day! ♪