Natura&Co said this Monday (19) that its subsidiary Avon Products was fined US$ 46.3 million (R$ 246.1 million) in the United States after a woman said that the company’s talc-based products would have contributed to cancer development.
Natura&Co said in a statement that Avon will appeal the decision. According to the Brazilian company, Avon believes it has “strong grounds” to annul the verdict, as it sees undue exclusion by the court of all factual witnesses and error in denying requests for annulment of the judgment.
Rita-Ann Chapman and her husband Gary Chapman allege that powdered products sold by Avon, starting in the 1950s, were contaminated with asbestos during the process of forming and mining talc. According to them, these products would have contributed to the development of mesothelioma in Rita-Ann.
Mesothelioma is a cancer that affects the mesothelium, the membrane inside the thoracic and abdominal walls.
Natura&Co said Avon never used asbestos in its formulas.
The jury found some of the defendants guilty after a two-stage trial, fining Avon $36 million (R$191.3 million) in compensatory damages and $10.3 million (R$54.7 million) in damages. punitive measures, said Natura&Co. Decisions came out last week.
Avon was included as one of the 30 defendants in the process in February this year.
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