Who qualifies
Check the actual powder, use history and cancer diagnosis with a lawyer. A brand name, recall or research finding does not by itself prove your case.
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Katie M. O’Brien · Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · First-listed author of the 2024 quantitative bias analysis
Finding: The 2024 study supports a positive association between reported genital talc use and ovarian cancer after the bias corrections examined. It does not pinpoint a specific cause or mechanism.
O’Brien et al.: 2024 intimate-care-products quantitative bias analysis (opens in a new tab) · May 15, 2024 · Checked Oct 3, 2026
NIEHS, with collaborating US cohort investigators · JAMA · 2020
Read the source: 2020 pooled genital-powder and ovarian-cancer study (opens in a new tab) · Checked Oct 3, 2026
NIEHS, with collaborating cancer and epidemiology investigators · Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2024
Read the source: 2024 Sister Study quantitative bias analysis (opens in a new tab) · Checked Oct 3, 2026
The process
You answer a few questions
About two minutes. Nothing is sent until you agree on the last step and press submit.
A lawyer looks at it
A lawyer at the firm reads your answers and checks them against the current case criteria.
The firm decides and gets in touch
If the firm takes your case, you get the terms in writing to read before you sign. You can always say no.
If you suspect a powder harmed you, ask a lawyer to review the product and diagnosis. This page sets no rule for accepting a case.
FDA says talc is used in some cosmetics; a baby powder name does not identify every ingredient. Keep the product you recall distinct from a confirmed label or purchase record.
Using baby powder does not by itself prove that it caused cancer. A recall of one lot also does not show that your bottle was affected.
The 2019 FDA notice names one positive Johnson’s lot and a different negative lot. Do not assume that an earlier or later purchase has the same test result without evidence matching it.
Ask a lawyer about your powder and cancer type. These ovarian studies do not test all powders or all kinds of cancer.
The 2020 pooled study did not examine specific powder types. Its overall result was not clearly linked to ovarian cancer, but it could miss a small increase. This is not a personal safety guarantee.
Keep cancer and care reports with the powder history you recall. Ask the provider for missing copies and mark what you do not know.
As a preparation step, list brands, where the powder was used and approximate dates without turning memory into proof. Record-access rules include exceptions; not every helper has authority to obtain another person’s file.
A lawyer needs your facts and the applicable law to check time limits. There is no single national baby powder cutoff supplied here.
Keep diagnosis, use and earlier legal dates for the review. Do not assume a product recall or publication date starts the clock for every person. A website contact request does not file a complaint.
Ask who will compare your records with the legal and medical issues. A study finding does not promise a firm will accept you.
The 2024 ovarian analysis found positive links in its bias-adjusted scenarios. Recall and missing-data assumptions matter, and it overlaps a cohort used in 2020. Neither study proves your product caused your cancer.
The review is free and private. Asking for it doesn’t commit you to anything.
Register your interestJohnson & Johnson discontinued talc-based Baby Powder in North America in May 2020 and globally in August 2022. The current Baby Powder product sold by J&J uses cornstarch instead of talc. However, other companies continue to sell talc-based body powders, and many consumers used talc-based Baby Powder for years or decades before the discontinuation. The fact that J&J no longer sells talc-based Baby Powder does not affect legal claims based on past use of the talc-based product. If you used talc-based Baby Powder in the past and were diagnosed with cancer, your claim is based on the product you used, not the product currently on shelves.
The cancer risk associated with talcum powder is most strongly linked to perineal (genital area) use by women, which is the pathway supported by four decades of epidemiological research on ovarian cancer. General body application of Baby Powder to infants and children has not been linked to ovarian cancer. However, any use of talc-based Baby Powder carries a theoretical risk of asbestos exposure if the product was contaminated, which could contribute to mesothelioma risk — though this risk from general body application is not well quantified. If your children used talc-based Baby Powder and have developed cancer, an attorney can evaluate whether their specific diagnosis and use pattern support a legal claim.
Yes. Shower to Shower was a talc-based body powder originally manufactured by Johnson & Johnson before being sold to Valeant Pharmaceuticals (now Bausch Health) in 2012. Shower to Shower contained the same talc ingredient as Baby Powder and is included in the talcum powder litigation. If you used Shower to Shower for perineal hygiene and were diagnosed with ovarian cancer, mesothelioma, or another cancer linked to talc, you may have a viable claim. The same evidence of J&J’s knowledge of asbestos contamination and cancer risk applies to Shower to Shower, as both products used talc from the same supply chain.
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