FDA Talc Website Entry Info
The federal agency lists data and surveys conducted into the link between talc and asbestos, as well as consumer information about the substance to compliment talcum powder ovarian cancer lawsuit news stories about the substance.
Monday, December 21, 2015 - On its website, the Food and Drug Administration lists a number of data points and gives information about its evaluation of talcum powder and the threat is poses to consumers. The FDA first took action against the manufacturing of talcum powder in 1973, when it required all talc products to be free of asbestos, which was found to cause cancer. Currently, there are more than 700 lawsuits around the country which claim that talc itself has been connected to ovarian cancer and that the talcum powder manufacturer Johnson & Johnson is to blame for failing to warn consumers about the alleged link. The FDA information works as a supplement to the number of talcum powder cancer lawsuit news currently circulating nationwide.
The FDA website begins by stating that the manufacturers of talcum powder are not obligated to share safety information with the FDA as cosmetic companies bear the legal burden for affixing the proper warnings and information to their own products. The website entry details the common uses of talcum powder, the relationship between talc and asbestos and how they've kept an eye on the carcinogenic properties of the substance over the years.
One main example is with the presentation of a survey the FDA conducted that searched for any signs of asbestos remaining in talc in 2009-10, of which it found none. The website did not mention any connection between talc and cancer, and at no time made any mention of ovarian cancer, the basis of many of the claims made against Johnson & Johnson concerning talcum powder. This does not mean that no relationship exists, only that it has not come to the FDA's attention to connect those particular dots from the data they have reviewed thus far. The agency also didn't link any talcum powder ovarian cancer lawsuit news on its website.
In the more than 20 studies that have been conducted, findings related to the connection between talcum powder and ovarian cancer have elicited a range of results. Some of the talcum powder research has found that the regular use of talcum powder vaginally can lead to a 35 percent increase in the risk of ovarian cancer in women. Others have had a more difficult time building a reliable connection between regular talcum powder use and ovarian cancer, stating that though connections between the two exist, those links are too susceptible to bias and sampling errors to be definitive.
There has been enough data built up from the studies conducted however for plaintiffs around the country to file lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson for failing to warn consumers about the risks involved in using their talcum products. More than 100 lawsuits were recently transferred into multicounty litigation in New Jersey. A similar amount are currently pending in Missouri where actions in state court are entering the beginning stages of pretrial proceedings.
Talcum powder lawsuit news has reported Johnson & Johnson has adamantly denied any link between talcum powder and ovarian cancer, leaning on the studies that claim the connection between the two is not definitive. However more and more studies have backed up the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology's original leaning that an associated between the two does exist. Attorneys for the talcum powder plaintiffs have referenced the British study as the beginning of decades of talcum powder research that has built a strong enough case to take action against Johnson & Johnson for their role in failing to warn consumers of the dangers associated with their product.
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