# Talcum Powder lawsuits **URL:** \ **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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talcum-powder-lawsuits/769944/1 "2016-10-28T15:53:03Z")
Lawsuits connecting Talcum powder and ovarian cancer have been in the news a lot recently. Johnson and Johnson is the company targeted. I think Talc is sold by many companies? I brought home a small bottle after my last hospital stay. The nurses gave it to me for a surgical tape rash. > **[CBS News - Breaking news, 24/7 live streaming news & top stories](https://www.cbsnews.com/)** > > Watch CBS News live and get the latest, breaking news headlines of the day for national news and world news today. I’m a bit confused how this was being used? I’ve used talc powder on my chest and between my legs since I was 10. Pretty sure most people in hot climates use it to avoid heat rash. It’s been a safe and proven product. Were the women pouring talc into their vaginas? I can’t think of any other way this stuff got inside them. That’s never been a recommended use. Is it? I lost a first cousin to ovarian cancer. Doctors caught it early and she had surgery followed by chemo. She didn’t do well. Died within 5 years. It’s a horrible form of cancer that often recurs. I’d guess Talc is used by 100’s of millions of people? Not that many lawsuits. > [@](#): > > Already two juries in St. Louis have hit Johnson hard for its talcum powder — awarding $72 million to one cancer plaintiff and $55 million to another. Johnson and Johnson is appealing the awards, but the legal challenge facing the company is formidable. > > Some 1,800 cases have been filed in St. Louis against Johnson and Johnson for its talcum powder, according to the Onder Law Firm – which claims to have a total of 3,500 talcum powder clients. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talcum-powder-lawsuits/769944)._