British Lawsuits Against Johnson & Johnson Exceed 200

A group of women determined to hold the US company responsible for causing their ovarian cancer continues to grow

Sunday, February 19, 2023 - Interesting to note is that more and more people in England are filing talcum powder lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson alleging that the habitual use of Johnson's Baby Powder caused them to develop ovarian cancer or mesothelioma. The Daily Mail reports that around 200 women with ovarian cancer have formed to sue the US-based, international health and beauty care company for failing to warn them of the risks of using talcum powder. About 40,000 lawsuits in the US allege that using Johnson's Baby Powder for feminine hygiene caused particles of talc to travel into the vagina, up through the Fallopian tubes, and become lodged in the ovaries, eventually causing cancer. According to England’s Daily Mail (DM), Daniel Cramer, a professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology at Brigham and Women's Hospital in the U.S., told that his and other studies provide a concrete connection between the long-term use of talcum powder on the genital area of the body, and developing cancer of the female reproductive system. "The evidence that long-term use of talc in the genital area may cause ovarian cancer is far stronger than appreciated by the general scientific community. This includes indisputable evidence that talc present in the vagina can migrate to the upper genital tract, that talc induces inflammation, and that inflammation can lead to cancer by causing DNA damage. I have consistently advised women not to use talc in the genital area." Others are suing the company for having inhaled talcum powder that has been tested to contain asbestos, a deadly carcinogen, and causing mesothelioma, a form of scarring of the delicate lining of the lungs.

Many women with ovarian cancer or their survivors if they have succumbed to the disease, are shocked to learn that using talcum powder could have been the cause of the demise of their loved one given the harmless and disarming appearance of a bottle of baby powder and its intended use on a baby during diaper changes. Most talcum powder ovarian cancer plaintiffs allege there could have been no other source of their cancer given they had never worked in an old government building known to have asbestos, nor did they have a history of the disease in their family. Most lived otherwise healthy lifestyles and did not smoke. "When Maureen Wright was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, both she and her husband Jeffrey were left reeling in disbelief," DM reported. Her survivors, according to DM, think that her disease could have been avoided if she did not use talcum powder habitually. The wife and mother of three died less than three years after her shocking ovarian cancer diagnosis. Ovarian cancer is difficult to diagnose early and treated effectively because its symptoms mimic those a woman experiences during routine monthly menstruation, and also because there is no formal test for ovarian cancer. Seven of 22 women suing Johnson & Johnson for causing their ovarian cancer in 2018 died before receiving their share of a record-setting $4.2 billion jury award. The lottery-like punitive damages award was intended to punish Johnson & Johnson for their "reprehensible" corporate behavior for covering up their knowledge that asbestos lurked in their baby powder since at least 1971.

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