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 ...

Links of ovarian cancer to baby powder use raise concerns about use in cosmetics, food, drugs WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A panel of medical experts convened by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration ...

A woman has blamed her ovarian cancer diagnosis on talcum powder and said she feels “betrayed” by the manufacturer. Jane Campbell, who lives in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, is one of thousands of ...

Deane Berg’s doctor called her in the day after Christmas 2006 to give her the crushing news. She’d had her ovaries removed, the pathology results were back, and the information could not have been ...

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A Los Angeles Superior Court jury has returned a $40 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson, finding that the company's talc-based baby powder products ...

The US Food and Drug Administration is seeking information about the health risks of talc, or hydrous magnesium silicate, in food and drugs. Manufacturers voluntarily removed the common mineral, known ...

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A Los Angeles County jury has ordered pharmaceutical and personal care product maker Johnson & Johnson to pay a combined $40 million to two women who claim they contracted ovarian cancer from trace ...

To read this article for CME, click here. October 8, 2008 — Regular use of talc in the genital area was significantly associated with an increased risk for ovarian cancer in a new analysis reported in ...

A jury in Missouri has awarded $72 million to the family of a woman who died from ovarian cancer. The woman had dusted her crotch with talc from Johnson & Johnson for much of her life, just like ...