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talc

noun as in powder

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Johnson & Johnson was forced to stop using talc in its baby powder in 2023, following a multidistrict case that unearthed records showing it had known the ingredient caused reproductive cancers for half a century.

Hundreds of women in the UK are planning to take on one of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies over alleged links between talc and cancer.

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I read that you should not use cornstarch as a talc replacement because it feeds the fungus.

J&J said that the plan would resolve 99.75% of all pending talc lawsuits against it and its affiliates in the U.S.

He provided critical testimony in a class-action lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, claiming that it had failed to reveal the health risks involved presented by Johnson’s baby powder and other products containing talc.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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