J&J now faces talc cancer claims in the UK
By 
Rebecca Trager2025-10-23T11:00:00
Alongside nearly 70,000 US lawsuits, over 3000 claimants have filed joint UK legal action
The barrage of legal action against US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J), involving claims that the company’s baby powder and other talc products cause various kinds of cancer, has expanded to the UK.
More than 3000 people have filed a joint lawsuit against the company, brought by UK law firm KP Law and estimated to be worth more than £1 billion. They argue that J&J knew its baby powder products were contaminated with the known carcinogen asbestos, or with particles morphologically similar to asbestos that present comparable health risks.