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 ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fresh & Dry Baby Powder is a new, 100% talc-free baby powder. But, we hear you ask, what’s the big deal about being talc-free? Haven’t people been using talc for years?

Notably, the settlement does not resolve the tens of thousands of consumer lawsuits, some of which are slated to go to trial this year, alleging that those talc-based products caused cancer. Those ...

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 ...

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

Johnson & Johnson is abandoning a product that it may be most identified with and has been selling for more than 100 years -- talc-based baby powder. Johnson & Johnson is abandoning a product that it ...

WASHINGTON — Cosmetic companies would have to take extra steps to ensure that any products containing talc are free of asbestos under a federal rule proposed Thursday. The proposal from the Food and ...