Johnson & Johnson stops selling iconic baby powder in North America as legal battle mounts
J&J says demand for the product has dropped in the wake of ‘misinformation’ about its safety amid a barrage of legal challenges
20 May 2020 - 10:15
New York/Los Angeles — Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday announced it would stop selling its talc Baby Powder in the US and Canada, saying demand had dropped in the wake of what it called “misinformation” about the product’s safety amid a barrage of legal challenges.
J&J faces more than 19,000 lawsuits from consumers and their survivors claiming its talc products caused cancer due to contamination with asbestos, a known carcinogen. Many are pending before a US district judge in New Jersey...
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