Women claim the pharmaceutical company knew about the dangers of contaminated talc for decades - which the company has denied ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson is facing a major lawsuit over claims that it knowingly sold baby powder contaminated with ...

Johnson & Johnson is willing to pay almost $9 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits alleging that its talcum powder caused cancers, the company announced Apr. 4. The proposal is the latest chapter ...

Talcum powder is a combination of the mineral talc mixed with powder, often used to absorb moisture. Some women use it for feminine hygiene. While the American Cancer Society says talc is not a known ...

Thousands of people in the UK claim that using talcum powder has given them cancer and are suing the manufacturer of Johnson’s baby powder. The product has been used for decades, for babies and people ...

New research published this week lends credence to the more than 50,000 lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson that allege its talc-based baby powder caused ovarian cancer. The analysis, released ...

Talcum powder litigation has evolved significantly in recent years, with juries awarding substantial verdicts in cases involving mesothelioma allegedly linked to asbestos-contaminated talc products.

ST. LOUIS >> Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $55 million to a woman who claims its talcum powder caused her ovarian cancer, the second such judgment against the manufacturer in three months.

Recent news headlines reveal that manufacturers of talcum body powders are under fire, facing charges that their talc products contain carcinogens. Since 2016, lawsuits linking use of baby powder for ...

The International Agency for Research on Cancer classified talc as “probably carcinogenic to humans” based on limited human evidence, sufficient animal evidence, and strong mechanistic data, drawing a ...

The 37-year-old mom of three said she used the company's baby powder and later developed mesothelioma Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...