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Source: Paul Archuleta / Getty TV personality and former MTV VJ Ananda Lewis is urging Black women to get mammograms after being diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. On Thursday (Oct 1) in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, Anada Lewis kicked off the month with the diagnosis announcement on Instagram urging other women of color to get tested as advised by medical professionals to ensure early detection. “I said, ‘Huh! Radiation exposure for years equals breast cancer. Yeah, I’m going to pass,’” Ananda said. “‘Thanks anyway.’” The 47-year-old admitted that for a long time she passed on getting mammograms because her own mother went and had them consistently, and eventually was diagnosed with 3 breast cancer in her lymph nodes. She assumed it was the low energy X-rays that exposed...
Source: Justin Sullivan / Getty After decades of lawsuits and consumers claiming the talcum powder caused cancer, Johnson & Johnson has decided to discontinue sales of their staple product. According to the New York Times, on Tuesday (May 19) Johnson & Johnson announced that they would discontinue sales of their iconic talc-based powder. While the company is allowing retailers to sell existing bottles until they run out, the company did note that their baby powder made with cornstarch will remain available, and the company will continue to sell the talc-based baby powder in other parts of the world. Johnson & Johnson has often said that faulty testing, shoddy science, and ill-equipped researchers are to blame for findings that its powder was contaminated with asbestos. But...