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More than 3,000 people in Britain have joined a lawsuit accusing the company of knowing that its baby powder contained carcinogenic fibers, including asbestos. By Eshe Nelson Eshe Nelson covers the ...

Talc products may have health risk associated with them so using talc-free products and following up on new safety information helps manage risk and plan for the future.(Image: Pexels) Talc is a ...

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is facing its first lawsuits in the United Kingdom over allegations that its talc-based products cause cancer, Reuters reports, as the company continues to battle tens of ...

Johnson & Johnson will stop selling talc-based baby powder globally in 2023, the drugmaker has said, more than two years after it ended U.S. sales of a product that drew thousands of consumer safety ...

Johnson & Johnson has been directed to pay $966M to a family after a mesothelioma death linked to talc use. Learn how talc and asbestos may raise cancer risk. A Los Angeles court has directed ...

One of the British claimants, Sue Rizzello, believes her ovarian cancer was caused by her lifelong use of Johnson &Johnson talcum powder. Johnson and Johnson's baby powder, a household name across the ...

Claims about the carcinogenic properties of talc left the one-time bathroom staple with a serious image problem as its reputation went up in a cloud of powder. But can a design makeover and some savvy ...

While the International Agency for Research on Cancer only goes as far as to say talc is "probably" carcinogenic, asbestos found in talc does cause cancer. It's been around since the 1890s, used in ...