A Familiar Powder With an Unfamiliar Story
Some of the things we use every day are so familiar that we rarely stop to question them. Jane’s Dust: A Tale of Talc, Deceit, and Death by Dr. Ronald E. Gordon explores what happens when trust in an everyday product collides with questions of health, corporate responsibility, science, and the law. At the center of the story is Jane, a woman whose life changes dramatically after she develops cancer and begins searching for answers.
The book follows Jane as her personal struggle develops into a legal battle involving powerful corporations and difficult questions about what was known about talcum products. While the story is fictionalized, it draws from real experiences and more than 300 court cases involving cancer victims and corporate defendants. Through Jane’s experience, readers are taken into the courtroom and behind the scientific evidence, where medical research, testing, corporate decisions, and personal tragedy all come together.
A Career Built Around Medical Investigation
Dr. Ronald E. Gordon is a professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and a pathologist at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. He has spent decades working with human tissue testing and has served as an expert in hundreds of cases involving asbestos and talc exposure. His work has included testing human tissues and talcum-based products for the presence of asbestos and other contaminants.
Jane’s Dust draws from his extensive professional experience while presenting its scientific and legal subject matter through a fictionalized story. The result is a book that connects medical science with the very human consequences behind the cases Dr. Gordon has encountered throughout his career.
Jane's Dust: A Tale of Talc, Deceit, and Death
A Story That Challenges What We Think We Know
A gripping story of science, deception, and one woman's fight for answers is almost here. Stay tuned for Jane's Dust and prepare to uncover a story that is difficult to forget.
