The World Health Organization's (WHO) cancer research agency has delivered a damning report on powdered mineral talc, calling it "probably" cancer-causing to humans, mainly because of powders ...

A bankruptcy judge dismissed Johnson & Johnson’s third attempt to resolve its mass talc liabilities through chapter 11, rejecting the company’s latest bid to end one of the largest-ever mass ...

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Talcum powder lawsuits claim a link between talc products and cancer diagnoses, and are holding manufacturers liable for neglecting ...

Nov 16 (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N), opens new tab on Thursday said it has settled two lawsuits claiming its talc products caused cancer, the first such cases to go to trial since a ...

New research published this week lends credence to the more than 50,000 lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson that allege its talc-based baby powder caused ovarian cancer. The analysis, released ...

Health concerns have focused on talcum powders, which are made with mineral similar in structure to asbestos, a known cause of cancer that is at times obtained from the same mines as talc.

Talc is a mineral mined from the earth. Because it’s so good at absorbing moisture and easing friction, cosmetic companies often use it in baby powder, blush, eye shadow, and other products.

"Those facts show that the verdict is irreconcilable with the decades of independent scientific evaluations confirming talc is safe, does not contain asbestos and does not cause cancer," Haas said.

The proposal is the latest chapter in a long-running saga related to the company’s use of talc—a naturally occurring mineral that has been linked to cancer—in its baby powder. Johnson ...

A New Jersey bankruptcy judge threw out the second chapter 11 case that Johnson & Johnson filed to resolve its mass talc liabilities, again shutting down the healthcare-product company’s plan to ...