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baby powder

NOUN
powder to prevent chafing
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It’s hundreds, thousands, and sometimes more than 100,000 people suing over life-changing physical harm from asbestos-laced baby powder, from NFL concussions, from pacemakers, hip implants, and other medical products.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026

Earlier this year a Los Angeles County jury hit Johnson & Johnson with a $966 million judgment in a lawsuit claiming the company’s baby powder gave a woman mesothelioma, which she died of in 2021.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Kenvue brands, while under the Johnson & Johnson umbrella, had also faced crisis in recent years over lawsuits linking use of its baby powder to cancer.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

A recent lawsuit in the UK picked up on those claims, accusing Johnson & Johnson of knowingly selling baby powder contaminated with asbestos for decades.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

A woman with a face caked in half-wet baby powder came out of the house.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat



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