# Talcum Powder lawsuits

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talcum-powder-lawsuits/769944>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 28, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talcum-powder-lawsuits/769944 "2016-10-28T15:53:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talcum-powder-lawsuits/769944/41 "2016-11-01T14:12:22Z")

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> [@Chefguy](#):
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> For some reason, I keep seeing the thread title as “Talcum Powder Biscuits”.

I miss A Prairie Home Companion.

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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talcum-powder-lawsuits/769944/42 "2016-11-01T15:35:56Z")

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> [@Noel\_Prosequi](#):
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> So if the class action leaders don’t have cancer, what loss are they claiming for? Mere exposure to a risk that didn’t come to pass is hardly a sound basis for a law suit unless they had massive psychological consequences, and if they did, causation would still have to be established - their overreaction to a cancer that didn’t happen is their problem not Jand J’s (as J and J’s lawyers would say).
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> What are they suing for?

One was thrown out. Another was allowed to proceed under the Illinois Fraud and something something protection law, with the claim being that she would not have spent money on talcum powder for decades if she’d known about the risks.

There are dozens of lawyers looking for people to bring more class action suits, though.

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