Thousands of people in the UK are pursuing legal action against pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson, alleging the company knowingly sold asbestos-contaminated talcum powder.
As many as 3,000 claimants assert that they or a family member developed ovarian cancer or mesothelioma from using Johnson’s Baby Powder, and are now seeking damages at the High Court in London.
Lawyers for the group, in court documents filed on Thursday, stated that Johnson & Johnson, along with its current and former subsidiaries Johnson & Johnson Management and Kenvue UK, should all be held liable.
They said J&J “concealed” the risk to the public for decades, having now replaced talc with corn starch in its baby powder in the UK since 2023.
A spokesperson for Kenvue, which was formerly part of J&J, said the…more
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