Once an asbestos fibre is in the lung mesothelium it can remain there for decades, where it will cause microscopic scratches.

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) will stop making and selling its talc-based baby powder around the world from next year. The announcement comes more than two years after the healthcare giant ended sales ...

The debut episode titled "Makeup" explored the use of talc as an ingredient in cosmetics products. This caused quite a stir ...

A Superior Court judge has awarded $7.5 million in punitive damages to the family of an engineer who died of mesothelioma, in ...

Talc is also a mineral and is often found with asbestos minerals in the ground. They are both formed under similar conditions and they’re both made of the same chemical elements. So if you have ...

Hundreds of women in the UK are planning to take on one of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies over alleged links between talc and cancer. Diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2021 ...

Lawyers claim the company “knew for decades” that there was allegedly asbestos present in its talc products, although Johnson & Johnson (J&J) maintains that its baby powder was safe and ...

Dynacare baby powder has been recalled for possibly having a “potential metal or chemical contaminant" The ... mineral that ...

In response Erik Haas, J&J’s worldwide vice president of litigation, said “Johnson & Johnson takes the issue of talc safety incredibly seriously and always has”. Haas added that J&J’s own ...