
A 64-year-old woman joins over 3,000 claimants in a landmark £1 billion High Court lawsuit in England, accusing Johnson & Johnson and its spun-off arm Kenvue UK of sellingasbestos-contaminated talc in baby and beauty powders from 1965 to 2023, and failing to warn consumers of cancer risks.
This is the first major UK lawsuit of its kind and may reshape global talc litigation. It alleges that talc products sold in the UK were contaminated with carcinogenic fibres, including asbestos, and that J&J failed to warn consumers.