For decades, millions of women dusted their bodies with a powder they trusted, unaware that the mineral at its heart would one day be classified as probably carcinogenic by the World Health Organization. Johnson & Johnson, one of the world's most recognizable consumer brands, has now agreed to pay $5.5 billion to settle nearly 70,000 American lawsuits alleging its talc-based baby powder caused ovarian cancer — a sum that speaks less to admitted guilt than to the accumulated weight of human suffering and courtroom reckoning. The settlement, contingent on approval from 95 percent of claimants, w
J&J Agrees to $5.5B Talc Settlement Covering Nearly 70,000 US Cases
Thousands of individuals developed ovarian cancer and mesothelioma allegedly linked to talc product exposure, resulting in deaths and serious illness.