JURIES HAVE AWARDED NEARLY
$200 MILLION DOLLARS
TO VICTIMS OF OVARIAN CANCER
AS A RESULT OF BABY POWDER USE
OVARIAN CANCER could result from long term use of Baby Powder.
- After only 3 hours of deliberations, a St. Louis jury awarded $70 million in compensation and punitive damages to a California woman who blamed her ovarian cancer on Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder.
- A St. Louis jury awarded a South Dakota woman who blamed her ovarian cancer on Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder $55 million in compensation and punitive damages.
- Another jury ordered the company to pay $72 million to the family of a woman who died of ovarian cancer after using J&J’s baby powder for years.
- More than 1,000 women and their families are suing Johnson & Johnson, claiming that the company knew about the potential risk of developing ovarian cancer from using its baby powder in the genital area yet failed to warn consumers.
Johnson & Johnson ACTED NEGLIGENTLY
- Studies done as far back as 1971 raised awareness of the possibility that talcum powder could pose a risk of ovarian cancer.
- Other studies done since then found that long term use of talc in the genital area increased the risk of ovarian cancer by 33%.
- However, J&J never issued any warnings about risks associated with genital use of talcum powder.
