In its defense against thousands of lawsuits alleging talc can cause ovarian cancer, Johnson & Johnson has said science is on its side. But a new suit in St. Louis alleges the company has “blatantly lied” for decades about talc safety—and participated in a conspiracy to conceal the truth.
Filed in St. Louis circuit court on behalf of dozens of women who’ve suffered from ovarian cancer, the suit claims that numerous studies document a connection between talc and cancer. And it’s not just talc implicated in the case, the lawsuit claims.
