Assertion: talc | /r/Causes | ovarian cancer
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text: Research published in 1995 and 2000 concluded that it was plausible that talc could cause ovarian cancer, but no conclusive evidence was shown.
text: Berg claimed that talc from defendant’s products caused her ovarian cancer.
text: The judge stated that Echeverria proved there is "an ongoing debate in the scientific and medical community about whether talc more probably than not causes ovarian cancer and thus (gives) rise to a duty to warn", but not enough to sustain the jury's imposition of liability against Johnson & Johnson stated, and concluded that Echeverria did not adequately establish that talc causes ovarian cancer.
text: It touts the fact that no government health authority has concluded that talc can cause ovarian cancer — and counters with studies that don’t show a connection between ovarian cancer and talc.
text: Despite this, no scientific study has ever shown that talc causes ovarian cancer.
text: Although earlier studies established that talc can cause ovarian cancer, this one suggests that the risks of contracting ovarian cancer are higher than what was previously thought.
text: Instead, they alleged that talc itself causes ovarian cancer.
text: A large part of the lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson’s, has been claims that talc, found in their baby powder, can cause ovarian cancer when used at the genital areas.
text: A Los Angeles jury on Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a record $417 million to a hospitalized woman who claimed in a lawsuit that the talc in the company's iconic baby powder causes ovarian cancer when applied regularly for feminine hygiene.
text: Instead, they alleged that talc itself causes ovarian cancer.