A hysterectomy to remove cancerous tissue had a huge impact on her body. "I was plunged into surgical menopause," she says.

Sharon says her mum would the talcum powder on her as a child after a bath and she herself went onto use it on her body for most of her life. She added: "I continued to do so as I got older.

Like thousands of other women, her cancer was linked to the use of talcum powder. “My mum would use the talcum powder on us all after a bath, and I continued to do so as I got older,” the 57 ...

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Like thousands of other women, her cancer was linked to the use of talcum powder. More: Thousands of women plan legal action over alleged links between talc and cancer “My mum would use the ...

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) will stop making and selling its talc-based baby powder around the world from next year. The announcement comes more than two years after the healthcare giant ended sales ...

Their lawyers allege that for decades, talcum powder was contaminated with cancer ... to remove cancerous tissue had a huge impact on her body. "I was plunged into surgical menopause," she says.

British women who claim talcum powder gave them ovarian cancer are planning to take Johnson & Johnson to court, in the first legal suit the pharmaceutical giant has faced on the issue in the UK.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Johnson & Johnson has been threatened with legal action in the UK over claims that its talcum powder ...