A woman who claimed years of exposure to Johnson & Johnson baby powder caused her cancer has received $70 million (£57.4 million). Deborah Giannecchini of California was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2012. Her’s is the latest in a series of cases concerning the effects of extended talcum powder use.
Early this year two lawsuits in St Louis, Missouri saw the jury award a combined total of $127 million. Some 2,000 women have filed similar lawsuits and lawyers are getting thousands of more cases. Johnson & Johnson says its talcum powder is safe to use.