A Maryland jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay more than $1.5B in a lawsuit regarding talc in its baby powder.

In December 2025, a Baltimore jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $1.5 Billion to a woman with mesothelioma from J&J talc ...

On Monday, U.S. District Judge Georgette Castner, in the District of New Jersey, issued a certification that she would grant ...

Johnson & Johnson has been sued by thousands of people who claim their talc-based products caused them cancer, with a single ...

Johnson & Johnson will stop selling its talcum-based baby powder worldwide and replace the product with its existing cornstarch version starting next year, the consumer products giant said late on ...

Johnson & Johnson is abandoning talc-based baby powder next year and instead will make it with cornstarch. Its talc-based powder, which hasn't been sold in the United States and Canada since 2020, is ...

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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 ...

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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. There ...