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 ...

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 ...

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

In 1894, Johnson & Johnson introduced a product made of crushed talc it dubbed "baby powder." For more than a century, people — especially women — used this baby powder as an everyday health and ...

Federal health officials are scrutinizing a mineral—added to some makeup, medications, and foods—that many people have never thought twice about: talc. The JAMA article added that talc remains common, ...

More than 1,300 Victorians have joined a class action against Johnson & Johnson alleging its talcum powder products left them with ovarian cancer, mesothelioma (cancer affecting the lungs) and other ...

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) was found liable by a Philadelphia jury in an ovarian cancer case linked to long term use of its talc based baby powder. The jury awarded compensatory and punitive damages ...

The potential causative relationship between exposure to cosmetic talc and asbestos-related disease is of particular interest considering recent, high-visibility cases being litigated across the ...

CHICAGO -- Johnson & Johnson is trying once again to use the bankruptcy courts to settle tens of thousands of cases that claim its talc products cause cancer. The pharmaceutical company is now willing ...

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.

You might have noticed brand-new car parts covered in some sort of white powder. Luckily, there's no reason for you to be too concerned over it.

Federal health officials are scrutinizing a mineral—added to some makeup, medications, and foods—that many people have never thought twice about: talc. In a recent viewpoint article called “Priorities ...