talc

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The lawyers said the memo noted the safety of talc for babies could no longer be guaranteed.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Johnson & Johnson has faced thousands of lawsuits linking its talc baby powder to cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Johnson & Johnson retained responsibility for talc litigation in the two countries after the spinoff, but Kenvue is responsible for talc litigation elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

A summary of studies published in 2020 covering 250,000 women in the United States did not find a statistical link between the use of talc on the genitals and the risk of ovarian cancer.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

Amid tins of talc and boxes of bobby pins she would curl up on the floor of the storage room, speaking in non sequiturs.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri