Company Memos Unleash Johnson's Baby Powder Lawsuits

Johnson & Johnson could face a flood of new lawsuits in addition to the thousands already on the books when people start to realize Johnson's Baby Powder may have caused their ovarian or lung cancer

Wednesday, June 13, 2018 - Recent jury verdicts have punished Johnson & Johnson, forcing the company to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in punitive damages for failing to warn the public that Johnson's Baby Powder caused their ovarian cancer. Talc used in Johnson's Baby Powder may also contain trace amounts of asbestos, a known and feared carcinogenic. Asbestos in talc used in Johnson's Baby Powder has been linked to cases of ovarian cancer and mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining of the lungs and stomach. People suffering from these talc-related cancers, and the loved ones of those who have died from the disease, have hired Johnson's Baby Powder cancer lawyers and filed claims against the company for covering up what they have known since the early 1970's.

Internal Johnson & Johnson executive memos from 1971 show that the company was aware that their talc supply was contaminated with asbestos and lawyers warned of the potential for litigation in the future. Executives wrote to their scientists asking them if the levels of asbestos that had been detected in their talc was "within the legal amount," and that the company should focus on "resolving the asbestos problem." PDFs of the incriminating Johnson & Johnson company memos can be found at https://www.fairwarning.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/5TalcDoc.pdf.

According to www.asbestos.com, company memos revealed in 1973 that when Johnson & Johnson scientists discovered trace amounts of asbestos in their talc, the scientists recommended the company switch to cornstarch as the main ingredient in Johnson's Baby Powder.

These and other recently-revealed court documents indicating that Johnson's & Johnson knew that their baby powder talc supply was contaminated with asbestos may open a flood of new litigation against the company. Johnson & Johnson has already been forced to pay over $400 million dollars in compensatory and punitive damages in lawsuits that concluded that the company knew that Johnson's Baby Powder was responsible for their ovarian cancer. European studies of women who had died from ovarian cancer found that particles of talc were embedded in the women's ovaries having traveled through the vagina and fallopian tubes and causing irritations and cancer. Johnson's advertising promoted the use of Johnson's Baby Powder for feminine hygiene purposes.

Jury verdicts against Johnson & Johnson for failing to warn consumers could easily top $1 billion before the end of 2018. When you consider that thousands of women have died from ovarian cancer are now suing Johnson & Johnson, and thousands of more women and men could file a claim for their lung cancer, the very survival of the company could be at stake. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with lung or ovarian cancer and have used Johnson's Baby Powder regularly for your entire life, you should speak with a Johnson's Baby Powder Cancer lawyer.

Information provided by TalcumPowderCancerLawsuit.com, a website devoted to providing news about talcum powder ovarian cancer lawsuits, as well as medical research and findings.