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Jury Awards $29 Million in Latest Johnson & Johnson Cancer-Causing Baby Powder Lawsuit
By BRITTANY SHOOT March 15, 2019
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| An Oakland, Calif. jury has awarded a $29 million settlement to a woman who sued Johnson & Johnson over allegations that the company’s talcum-based baby powder contains asbestos-causing cancer, according to ABC News. Teresa Leavitt’s lawsuit against the pharmaceutical giant claimed the company’s baby powder was the reason she developed mesothelioma, a cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. | 据美国广播公司(ABC News)报道，美国加利福尼亚州奥克兰市的一个陪审团裁定，一名女子获得了2,900万美元的和解金。这名女子起诉强生公司(Johnson & Johnson)，指控该公司生产的婴儿爽身粉含有石棉，会导致癌症。特蕾莎·莱维特(Teresa Leavitt)对这家制药巨头提起的诉讼称，该公司的婴儿奶粉是她患上间皮瘤的原因。间皮瘤是一种接触石棉引起的癌症。 |
| The consumer health and beauty products corporation said it would appeal Thursday’s verdict, noting, “We respect the legal process and reiterate that jury verdicts are not medical, scientific or regulatory conclusions about a product.” | 该消费者健康和美容产品公司表示，将对周四的判决提起上诉，并指出，“我们尊重法律程序，重申陪审团的裁决不是关于产品的医学、科学或监管结论。” |
| Johnson & Johnson has lost and is appealing other lawsuits based on claims that the company’s talc contains toxic chemicals. In 2018, a Missouri jury ordered the company to pay $4.69 billion to 22 women who said the product gave them ovarian cancer. | 强生公司已经败诉，并正在就其他指控提起上诉，这些指控的依据是该公司滑石粉含有有毒化学物质。2018年，密苏里州的一个陪审团命令该公司支付46.9亿美元给22名声称该产品导致她们患上卵巢癌的女性。 |
| Following this most recent verdict, Johnson & Johnson faces an additional 11,000 to 13,000 lawsuits of a similar nature, which are currently pending and allege cancer resulted from using the company’s asbestos-tainted baby powder. J&J is also being investigated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Justice Department regarding disclosures about asbestos in its products. A December 2018 report by Reuters examined internal company documents that showed for decades, company executives and scientists knew and discussed addressing positive tests for asbestos in powders but did nothing to warn the public or pull the products over health and safety concerns. | 在最近的这一判决之后，强生还面临着1.1万至1.3万起类似性质的诉讼，这些诉讼目前正在审理中，据称是由于使用了该公司受石棉污染的婴儿奶粉而导致癌症。美国证券交易委员会(SEC)和美国司法部也在调查强生产品中石棉的披露情况。路透社2018年12月的一份报告查阅了该公司的内部文件，该文件显示，数十年来，该公司高管和科学家都知道并讨论过如何应对粉末中石棉的阳性检测，但没有对公众发出警告，也没有因为健康和安全问题而召回这些产品。 |
- jury
① (N-COUNT-COLL) 陪审团 In a court of law, the jury is the group of people who have been chosen from the general public to listen to the facts about a crime and to decide whether the person accused is guilty or not.
② (N-COUNT-COLL) （竞赛的）评判委员会，裁判委员会 A jury is a group of people who choose the winner of a competition. - awards
① (N-COUNT) 奖；奖品；奖状 An award is a prize or certificate that a person is given for doing something well.
② (N-COUNT) （赔偿金等的）裁定额 In law, an award is a sum of money that a court decides should be given to someone.
③ (N-COUNT) （作为奖励的）加薪 A pay award is an increase in pay for a particular group of workers.
④ (VERB) 授予;颁发;给（分） If someone is awarded something such as a prize or an examination mark, it is given to them.
⑤ (VERB) 给予；判给 To award something to someone means to decide that it will be given to that person. - powder
① (N-MASS) 粉末；细面 Powder consists of many tiny particles of a solid substance.
② (VERB) 往…上搽粉；往…上抹粉 If a woman powders her face or some other part of her body, she puts face powder or talcum powder on it. - lawsuit
(N-COUNT) 诉讼；官司 A lawsuit is a case in a court of law which concerns a dispute between two people or organizations. - settlement
① (N-COUNT) (争议双方的)正式协议，和解 A settlement is an official agreement between two sides who were involved in a conflict or argument.
② (N-COUNT) (通过赔偿等达成的)庭外和解 A settlement is an agreement to end a disagreement or dispute without going to a court of law, for example by offering someone money.
③ (N-UNCOUNT) (欠款的)偿付，支付，结算，清偿 The settlement of a debt is the act of paying back money that you owe.
④ (N-COUNT) 定居点;聚居地 A settlement is a place where people have come to live and have built homes.
⑤ (N-UNCOUNT) 移民;殖民;开拓 The settlement of a group of people is the process in which they settle in a place where people from their country have never lived before. - allegation
(N-COUNT) 指控;指责 An allegation is a statement saying that someone has done something wrong. - talcum
(n)滑石; - asbestos
(N-UNCOUNT) 石棉 Asbestos is a grey material which does not burn and which has been used as a protection against fire or heat. - pharmaceutical
① (ADJ) 制药的 Pharmaceutical means connected with the industrial production of medicine.
② (N-PLURAL) 药物；药品 Pharmaceuticals are medicines. - claim
① (VERB) 声称;断言 If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
② (N-COUNT) 声称;断言 A claim is something which someone says which they cannot prove and which may be false.
③ (VERB) 声称(负有责任或享有功劳) If you say that someone claims responsibility or credit for something, you mean they say that they are responsible for it, but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
④ (VERB) 索取，索要(有权拥有的东西) If you claim something, you try to get it because you think you have a right to it.
⑤ (N-COUNT) 主张;要求 A claim is a demand for something that you think you have a right to.
⑥ (VERB) 取得，获得，赢得(纪录、冠军或奖励) If someone claims a record, title, or prize, they gain or win it. - mesothelioma
(n)间皮瘤 - product
① (N-COUNT) 产品；制品 A product is something that is produced and sold in large quantities, often as a result of a manufacturing process.
② (N-COUNT) 产物 If you say that someone or something is a product of a situation or process, you mean that the situation or process has had a significant effect in making them what they are. - appeal
① (VERB) 呼吁;恳请;恳求 If you appeal to someone to do something, you make a serious and urgent request to them.
② (N-COUNT) 呼吁;恳请;恳求 An appeal is a serious and urgent request.
③ (N-COUNT) （为慈善或正义事业的）募捐 An appeal is an attempt to raise money for a charity or for a good cause.
④ (VERB) 上诉;申诉 If you appeal to someone in authority against a decision, you formally ask them to change it. In British English, you appeal against something. In American English, you appeal something.
⑤ (N-VAR) 上诉;申诉 An appeal is a formal request for a decision to be changed.
⑥ (VERB) 对…有吸引力；使感兴趣 If something appeals to you, you find it attractive or interesting.
⑦ (N-UNCOUNT) 吸引力;感染力 The appeal of something is a quality that it has which people find attractive or interesting. - verdict
① (N-COUNT) （陪审团或法官的）裁决，裁定，裁断 In a court of law, the verdict is the decision that is given by the jury or judge at the end of a trial.
② (N-COUNT) （经过思考或调查后的）意见，结论 Someone's verdict on something is their opinion of it, after thinking about it or investigating it. - respect
① (VERB) 尊敬;敬重;尊重 If you respect someone, you have a good opinion of their character or ideas.
② (N-UNCOUNT) 尊敬;敬重;尊重 If you have respect for someone, you have a good opinion of them.
③ (VERB) 尊重;遵守;遵从;顾及 If you respect someone's wishes, rights, or customs, you avoid doing things that they would dislike or regard as wrong.
④ (N-UNCOUNT) 尊重;遵守;遵从;顾及 If you show respect for someone's wishes, rights, or customs, you avoid doing anything they would dislike or regard as wrong.
⑤ (VERB) 遵守，遵从（法律或道德规范） If you respect a law or moral principle, you agree not to break it. - reiterate
(VERB) （通常为了强调）重复讲，反复说，重申 If you reiterate something, you say it again, usually in order to emphasize it. - regulatory
① (N-COUNT) 管理者;管理机构;调控者;调控机构 A regulator is a person or organization appointed by a government to regulate an area of activity such as banking or industry.
② (N-COUNT) 调节器;调节装置 A regulator is a device or mechanism that automatically controls something, such as the temperature in a room or the growth of a person's body. - talc
(N-UNCOUNT) 同 talcum powder，爽身粉;滑石粉 Talcum powder is fine powder with a pleasant smell which people put on their bodies after they have had a bath or a shower. - toxic
(ADJ-GRADED) 有毒的;毒性的;引起中毒的 A toxic substance is poisonous. - ovarian
(ADJ) 卵巢的 Ovarian means in or relating to the ovaries. - pend
（vi）悬而未决; - investigate
(VERB) 调查;审查 If someone, especially an official, investigates an event, situation, or claim, they try to find out what happened or what is the truth. - security
① (N-UNCOUNT) 防卫;保安措施;安全工作 Security refers to all the measures that are taken to protect a place, or to ensure that only people with permission enter it or leave it.
② (N-UNCOUNT) 安全感;无忧无虑 A feeling of security is a feeling of being safe and free from worry.
③ (N-UNCOUNT) 抵押品 If something is security for a loan, you promise to give that thing to the person who lends you money, if you fail to pay the money back.
④ (N-PLURAL) 证券 Securities are stocks, shares, bonds, or other certificates that you buy in order to earn regular interest from them or to sell them later for a profit. - justice
① (N-UNCOUNT) 公平；公正；正义 Justice is fairness in the way that people are treated.
② (N-UNCOUNT) （理由、要求或论点的）合理，正当，正确，公道 The justice of a cause, claim, or argument is its quality of being reasonable, fair, or right.
③ (N-UNCOUNT) 司法制度；法律制度 Justice is the legal system that a country uses in order to deal with people who break the law.
④ (N-COUNT) 法官 A justice is a judge.
⑤ (N-TITLE) （用于法官名前）…法官 Justice is used before the names of judges. - regard
① (VERB) 认为;把…看作 If you regard someone or something as being a particular thing or as having a particular quality, you believe that they are that thing or have that quality.
② (VERB) 对…怀有（某种感情）;以（某种感情）看待 If you regard something or someone with a feeling such as dislike or respect, you have that feeling about them.
③ (VERB) （以某种方式）看，注视 If you regard someone in a certain way, you look at them in that way.
④ (N-UNCOUNT) 尊重;重视;敬爱 If you have regard for someone or something, you respect them and care about them. If you hold someone in high regard, you have a lot of respect for them.
⑤ (N-PLURAL) 问候，致意（尤用于信中表示问好） Regards are greetings. You use regards in expressions such as best regards and with kind regards as a way of expressing friendly feelings towards someone, especially in a letter. - disclosure
(N-VAR) 公开;透露;泄露;揭露 Disclosure is the act of giving people new or secret information. - examine
① (VERB) 仔细检查;细查 If you examine something, you look at it carefully.
② (VERB) （医生）诊察，检查 If a doctor examines you, he or she looks at your body, feels it, or does simple tests in order to check how healthy you are.
③ (VERB) 仔细研究;审查;剖析 If an idea, proposal, or plan is examined, it is considered very carefully.
④ (VERB) 测验;考核 If you are examined, you are given a formal test in order to show your knowledge of a subject. - executive
① (N-COUNT) 主管;管理者;经理 An executive is someone who is employed by a business at a senior level. Executives decide what the business should do, and ensure that it is done.
② (ADJ) 管理的;执行的 The executive sections and tasks of an organization are concerned with the making of decisions and with ensuring that decisions are carried out.
③ (ADJ) 高级的;精美时髦的;供主管人员使用的 Executive goods are expensive goods designed or intended for executives and other people at a similar social or economic level.
④ (N-SING) 执行委员会；行政委员会 The executive committee or board of an organization is a committee within that organization which has the authority to make decisions and ensures that these decisions are carried out.
⑤ (N-SING) （政府的）行政部门 The executive is the part of the government of a country that is concerned with carrying out decisions or orders, as opposed to the part that makes laws or the part that deals with criminals. - address
① (N-COUNT) 住址；地址 Your address is the number of the house, flat, or apartment and the name of the street and the town where you live or work.
② (VERB) 寄往;寄给 If a letter, envelope, or parcel is addressed to you, your name and address have been written on it.
③ (N-COUNT) 网址 The address of a website is its location on the Internet, for example http://www.cobuild.collins.co.uk.
④ (N-COUNT) （电子表格中某个单元格的）位置 The address of a cell on a computer spreadsheet refers to the particular row and column number where it is located, for example 'C2' or 'N63'.
⑤ (VERB) 向…作正式讲话;对…发表演说 If you address a group of people, you give a speech to them.
⑥ (VERB) 向…说话 If you address someone or address a remark to them, you say something to them.
⑦ (VERB) 称呼（某人）；给…冠以（某种称呼） If you address someone by a name or a title such as 'sir', you call them that name or title when you talk or write to them.
⑧ (VERB) 对付；处理；设法了解并解决 If you address a problem or task or if you address yourself to it, you try to understand it or deal with it. - concern
① (N-UNCOUNT) 忧虑;担心 Concern is worry about a situation.
② (VERB) 使担忧;使心烦 If something concerns you, it worries you.
③ (N-COUNT) 令人担忧的事实(或情况) A concern is a fact or situation that worries you.
④ (N-VAR) 关心;关切 Someone's concern with something is their feeling that it is important.
⑤ (N-COUNT) (对…)重要的事;关心的事 Someone's concerns are the things that they consider to be important.
⑥ (N-VAR) 关心;关怀;关爱 Concern for someone is a feeling that you want them to be happy, safe, and well. If you do something out of concern for someone, you do it because you want them to be happy, safe, and well.