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From 路透社
Johnson & Johnson said on friday it is recalling around 33,000 bottles of baby powder in the united states after us health regulators found trace amounts of asbestos in samples taken from a bottle purchased online.
强生公司周五表示，将在美国召回约3.3万瓶婴儿用爽身粉，此前美国卫生监管机构在网上购买的婴儿爽身粉样本中发现微量石棉。
J&Jshares fell more than 6% to close at $127.70.
强生股价下跌逾6%，收于127.70美元。
The move marks the first time the company has recalled its iconic baby powder for possible asbestos contamination, and the first time us regulators have announced a finding of asbestos in the product.
这是强生首次因可能的石棉污染问题召回自家婴儿爽身粉。同时也是美国监管机构首次在强生产品中发现石棉。
Asbestos is a known carcinogen that has been linked to deadly mesothelioma.
石棉是一种已知的致癌物，与致命的间皮瘤有关。
The recall is the latest blow to the more than 130-year-old us healthcare conglomerate that is facing thousands of lawsuits over a variety of products, including baby powder, opioids, medical devices and the antipsychotic risperdal.
此次召回是对这家拥有130多年历史的美国医疗保健集团的最新一次打击。该集团正面临数千起针对多种产品的诉讼，包括婴儿爽身粉、阿片类药物、医疗设备和抗精神病药利培酮。
Jury last week ordered the company to pay $8 billion to a plaintiff in a case claiming j&j downplayed the risks of risperdal.
上周，陪审团裁定强生公司向原告支付80亿美元，原告声称强生公司对利培酮的风险未给予足够的重视。
That award is not expected to stand, the company and legal experts have said.
该公司和法律专家表示，要将这一裁决推翻。
J&J faces more than 15,000 lawsuits from consumers claiming its talc products, including johnson"s baby powder, caused their cancer.
强生公司面临着消费者的诉讼已达1.5万多起，他们声称强生公司的滑石粉产品，包括婴儿爽身粉，导致了他们患上了癌症。
On a conference call with reporters on friday, dr susan nicholson, head of women"s health in the company"s medical safety organization, called the asbestos finding "extremely unusual," adding that it was "inconsistent with our testing to date."
周五在与记者的电话会议上，该公司医疗安全组织的女性健康主管苏珊尼克尔森博士称，石棉检测结果“极其不寻常”，并补充说，它“与我们迄今为止的检测结果不一致”。
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