Talcum powder
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Petitioning Johnson & Johnson, Federal Drug Administration Get Johnson & Johnson cancer causing talc products off the shelves
Petition by Markesa Kilmartin Greenville, South Carolina 
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There has been a lot of recent buzz around talc being a major concern with health. In particular, the links between talcum powder and ovarian/lung/uterine cancer are quite alarming! In fact, females who use talcum powder on their genital region, just once per week, are 40% more likely to develop ovarian cancer than someone who does not use talcum powder. HOW IS THIS STILL ON THE SHELVES?! That is my question... This is a product who's consumer target is babies! Can you believe this?!
After speaking with Johnson & Johnson on 9/23/16 and listening to them tell me that they have no plans of taking their talc containing products off the shelves, due to them being "government approved", I knew I had to do something - if for nothing else, to raise awareness!
Where I come in: My mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at the young age of 34. She passed away just two months after her 38th birthday. She did not carry the BRCA 1 or BRCA 2 gene which is related to breast and ovarian cancer. So how does someone so young and healthy develop ovarian cancer at such a young age? The average age of developing this cancer is 65 years old, for those who are unaware. I truly believe with all my heart that this was caused by talc. She used Johnson & Johnson baby powder (talc) every day after she got out of the shower as part of her daily hygienic routine.
Just like taking a shower or putting moisturizer on - she did this because it was "good for her skin" and "leaves her skin soft, dry and smelling good!" Little did she know she was putting poisons in her body on a daily basis.
It's absolutely devastating knowing that we may have prevented her from getting ovarian cancer, dying and leaving behind two daughters and a grand daughter. THIS is why I am fighting- and I won't stop until these products are pulled -- Because I don't want any other person to lose a mother/sister/daughter/wife to such a nasty, potentially preventable disease.
Please, in the name of my mother, Jana Yeager, sign this petition!
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