Talc coats seeds, reduces static electricity, and absorbs moisture, allowing seeds to move smoothly through vacuum meters. Talc and graphite are usually treated as a necessary cost in the planting ...

Thousands of people in the UK claim that using talcum powder has given them cancer and are suing the manufacturer of Johnson’s baby powder. The product has been used for decades, for babies and people ...

A Los Angeles jury awarded $40 million on Friday to two women who claimed that talcum powder made by Johnson & Johnson caused their ovarian cancer. The giant health care company said it would appeal ...

CHICAGO -- Johnson & Johnson is trying once again to use the bankruptcy courts to settle tens of thousands of cases that claim its talc products cause cancer. The pharmaceutical company is now willing ...

June 3 (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N), opens new tab must pay $260 million to an Oregon woman who said she got mesothelioma, a deadly cancer linked to asbestos exposure, from inhaling the ...

Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Johnson & Johnson is willing to pay almost $9 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits alleging that its talcum powder caused ...

March 5 (Reuters) - The latest trial over claims that Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ.N), opens new tab talc products cause cancer ended in a mistrial on Tuesday, as a Florida state court jury said it could ...