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Does Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder Cause Cancer?

  • March 23, 2019

Terry Leavitt, a California woman who claims the asbestos in Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder caused her cancer, was awarded $29.4 million by an Oakland jury earlier this month. The jury determined that the popular product was indeed a contributing factor to her mesothelioma — an aggressive form of cancer caused by the inhalation of asbestos fibers. Leavitt said she used two of the company’s talcum-powder-based products in the 1960s and 1970s — Baby Powder and Shower to...