A naturally occurring mineral, talc consists of several elements like magnesium and silicon. When ground into fine particles, talc becomes talcum powder, which works to absorb moisture and soothe the ...

The potential harms of talc products The new study asked women how often they used talc powder on their genitals from ages 10 to 13 and during the year before they enrolled in the study. NIH ...

Some 4,800 women and their families have now sued pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson, which has sold the talc-based product Johnson's Baby Powder for more than 100 years.

For example, in ovarian cancer lawsuits, women must have used the talcum powder product around the general cancer area almost daily, usually for four or more years, before developing ovarian cancer.

Its talc-based powder, which hasn't been sold in the United States and Canada since 2020, is at the center of tens of thousands of lawsuits filed by women who have developed ovarian cancer after ...

Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & JohnsonJNJ wants to do a one-time lump sum payment of at least $8.9 billion to thousands of talc-powder claimants. For Black women, who were selected by J&J as ...

Johnson & Johnson has offered to pay up to $8.9 billion to settle lawsuits alleging the company's talc-based baby powder caused cancer, quadrupling its initial proposal to resolve the suits. The ...

The talc litigation dates to 2013, as women began to say that baby powder had made them sick. By 2017 they were alleging that talc contaminated by asbestos had given them ovarian cancer and ...