Company has faced lawsuits about its talc products but insists they are safe
Johnson & Johnson is to stop selling and making talc-based baby powder globally, two years after it ended sales in the US andThe healthcare firm has faced tens of thousands of lawsuits from consumers who allege its talc products, including the instantly recognisable brand of Johnson’s baby powder, caused them to develop cancer.
J&J, which said that it already sold the cornstarch-based version of the baby powder around the world, said it continued to maintain that the talc-based baby powder did not cause cancer. J&J, which is facing about 38,000 lawsuits, said the decision to stop selling the product was about “optimising” its product portfolio.
In October, J&J created a subsidiary, LTL Management, assigned the talc claims to it and put the company into bankruptcy, pausing the legal actions.
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