Plaintiff Kathy B. has initiated a baby powder lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson following an ovarian cancer diagnosis. The ovarian cancer diagnosis lawsuit says that Johnson & Johnson is responsible for manufacturing products that pose a risk to women when used regularly and continuously in their genital area.

The ovarian cancer diagnosis, according to Kathy, was directly and approximately caused by the Shower to Shower and baby powder products manufactured by Johnson & Johnson. Her lawsuit says that the company is responsible for the failure to warn her and numerous other consumers of the product about the severe risk of developing ovarian cancer.

An ovarian cancer diagnosis can lead to serious health issues, painful and expensive treatments designed to address the cancer, and a myriad of side effects. Patients who received an ovarian cancer diagnosis often feel that their life is turned upside down.

Talc Product Dangers

As explained in the ovarian cancer diagnosis lawsuit, talc is a magnesium trisilicate mined from the earth. The primary substance in many baby powder products is talc. The ovarian cancer diagnosis lawsuit says that a safer alternative to the use of talc has been available for many years but was not used by the manufacturers. Kathy says that the manufacturers instead posed a severe risk of a future ovarian cancer diagnoses for those women who used talcum powder over the long run.

The alternative to talcum powder is cornstarch, an organic carbohydrate that can be broken down quickly by the body with no known health effects.

The manufacturer in the ovarian cancer diagnosis lawsuit is accused of marketing talc products as safe for human use, despite the fact that many women have developed ovarian cancer after continuous use. The claims named in Kathy’s lawsuit point out that Johnson & Johnson marketed Shower to Shower as providing comfort and freshness,  as safe for full body use and safe for use on a daily basis.

In her ovarian cancer lawsuit, Kathy says that she used these products for feminine hygiene purposes between June 1970 through March 2016. In July 2013, she received an ovarian cancer diagnosis at the age of 61.

The ovarian cancer diagnosis lawsuit points out that numerous studies have drawn a connection between the regular use of talcum powder and the development of ovarian cancer. The first such study was conducted in 1971.

Over the decades since, further studies indicated that there was a connection between women who used these products in a personal hygiene manner over the course of a long period of time and ovarian cancer. Some of these women have received an ovarian cancer diagnosis decades after using the product for years.

All of the ovarian cancer diagnosis lawsuits lodged against Johnson & Johnson allege that the company is responsible for failure to warn consumers about the risks they might face of developing cancer in the future.

Kathy’s Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis Lawsuit is Case No. 1:18-cv-02528 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.