On Tuesday, officials announced Johnson & Johnson will pay $700 million to 42 states, including Texas, Florida, and North Carolina, to resolve a lawsuit over misleading talc baby powder safety claims.
Officials said on Tuesday that Johnson & Johnson will pay $700 million to resolve a lawsuit brought by several states alleging the pharmaceutical giant purposefully misled consumers about the safety of its talc-based baby powder.
After thousands of lawsuits, J&J discontinued selling talc-containing products internationally in 2023, after more than a century of sales. The alliance of forty-three attorneys general concluded that Johnson & Johnson had concealed the possibility that the talc included asbestos, which is dangerous and can cause cancer.
These days, maize starch is used instead of talc to make most Johnson & Johnson baby powder. The settlement did not include an admission of wrongdoing by the company.
“We have reached a landmark settlement w...
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