Pulmonologist Grilled by Both Sides in Dallas Trial Over J&J Baby Powder 

Johnson & Johnson knew for decades that the talc used to make its best-selling baby powder was contaminated with cancer-causing asbestos, a Houston-based doctor told jurors during the first week of testimony in a trial brought against the company by a 77-year-old man dying of mesothelioma. 

Dr. Steven Haber, a pulmonologist and internal medicine doctor, is the only witness so far to take the stand in the case of Jerry B. Newtown and Patsy Newton v. Johnson & Johnson et el. The case, before 68th District Judge Martin Hoffman, is expected to last the rest of the month.