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强生向产品受害者赔款7200万美元

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2016-02-26 06:33 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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The pharmaceutical¹ company Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay 72 million US dollars to the family of a woman from Missouri whose death from ovarian cancer was linked to her longstanding use of the company's talcum powder based products.

美国密苏里州一位女性因长期使用强生制药公司生产的爽身粉而引发卵巢癌导致死亡，强生公司被迫向该家庭赔款7200万美元。

Jere Beasley, the attorney representing Jacqueline Fox, said the company had been hiding the truth from its consumers from the 1980's, that talcum powder could lead to cancer.

"They knew as far back as 1979 the association between talc and ovarian cancer. They knew that 1,500 women were dying each year from ovarian cancer caused or indirectly² contributed to by talc and continued to sell, made a conscious decision not to warn."

But the company said they firmly believed the safety of cosmetic³ talc was supported by decades of scientific evidence.

The circuit court of St. Louis awarded the family of the victim 10 million dollars in actual damages and 62 million dollars in punitive⁴ damages.

The verdict is the first by a US jury to award damages over claims that talcum powder is linked to ovarian cancer.

The company is likely to face hundreds of lawsuits⁵ alleging⁶ that it has failed to warn its customers of the risk of using the talc-based powder.

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1 pharmaceutical
adj.药学的，药物的；药用的，药剂师的
参考例句：
She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory.她捐款成立了一个药剂实验室。 We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷。

2 indirectly
adv.间接地，不直接了当地
参考例句：
I heard the news indirectly.这消息我是间接听来的。 They were approached indirectly through an intermediary.通过一位中间人，他们进行了间接接触。

3 cosmetic
n.化妆品；adj.化妆用的；装门面的；装饰性的
参考例句：
These changes are purely cosmetic.这些改变纯粹是装饰门面。 Laughter is the best cosmetic,so grin and wear it!微笑是最好的化妆品，所以请尽情微笑吧！

4 punitive
adj.惩罚的，刑罚的
参考例句：
They took punitive measures against the whole gang.他们对整帮人采取惩罚性措施。 The punitive tariff was imposed to discourage tire imports from China.该惩罚性关税的征收是用以限制中国轮胎进口的措施。

5 lawsuits
n.诉讼( lawsuit的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Lawsuits involving property rights and farming and grazing rights increased markedly. 涉及财产权，耕作与放牧权的诉讼案件显著地增加。来自辞典例句 I've lost and won more lawsuits than any man in England. 全英国的人算我官司打得最多，赢的也多，输的也多。来自辞典例句

6 alleging
断言，宣称，辩解( allege的现在分词 )
参考例句：
His reputation was blemished by a newspaper article alleging he'd evaded his taxes. 由于报上一篇文章声称他曾逃税，他的名誉受到损害。 This our Peeress declined as unnecessary, alleging that her cousin Thornhill's recommendation would be sufficient. 那位贵人不肯，还说不必，只要有她老表唐希尔保荐就够了。

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