Johnson’s Baby Powder Isn’t the First Product to Scare the Hell out of Consumers
8 troubled brands that shook the faith of American shoppers

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For months now, consumer-products companies have warily watched the growing travails of Johnson & Johnson, a once unimpeachable corporation that’s now in legal hot water over, of all things, talc.