Washington State Study Urges Talc Research
A study published in 1997 that studied hundreds of women who had contracted ovarian cancer contended that widespread use of hygiene products such as genital powder and genital deodorant sprays, most of...
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Talc still governed by decades old laws
Deane Berg, Jacqueline Fox, and Gloria Ristesund have become martyrs in the fight against Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder. Berg and Ristesund are survivors of ovarian cancer, and the cases they...
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Major news site chronicles talc dangers
One of the world’s largest online news aggregators, The Huffington Post, recently published a comprehensive rundown of the history of talc and its association with ovarian cancer in women. On June 27,...
View ArticleIllinois case targets talc-containing products
An Illinois man has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, maker of Johnson’s Baby Powder and former maker of Shower-to-Shower. Tod Alan Musgrove filed the federal suit in the...
View ArticleTexas suit targets Johnson & Johnson
A new wrongful death lawsuit has been filed by the mother of a woman who died because of ovarian cancer after using feminine hygiene products containing talc. The suit, filed by Florence Kuntz, alleges...
View ArticleLouisiana lawsuit claims Johnson & Johnson funded junk science
A Louisiana lawsuit contends that Johnson & Johnson and other manufacturers of personal hygiene products containing talc funded junk science to battle findings that talc can lead to increased risk...
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Talc cancer lawsuit begins in St. Louis
Another trial has begun in St. Louis challenging personal hygiene product giant Johnson & Johnson and its use of talc powder. According to Consumer Advocacy news, the case, filed by Deborah...
View ArticleCalifornia woman awarded $70 million in talc powder lawsuit
Missouri jurors in October awarded a cancer patient nearly $70 million after finding that talc caused her disease. Deborah Giannecchini of Modesto, Calif., sued Johnson & Johnson in federal court,...
View ArticleJohnson & Johnson wants cases moved from St. Louis
The maker of talc-containing personal hygiene products plans to ask an appellate court to move upcoming trials out of the courtroom where plaintiffs have won verdicts totaling $200 million this year....
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Plaintiffs allege cancer caused by Johnson & Johnson products
Four women in the Pacific Northwest have joined together to sue Johnson & Johnson after they contracted cancer caused, they contend, by the company’s talc-containing personal hygiene products....
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