Group action with 3,500 claimants alleges company knew its talcum powder products contained dangerous asbestos

Lawyers representing 3,500 British claimants are preparing to sue the pharmaceutical firm Johnson & Johnson (J&J) over alleged links between talcum powder and cancer, in what is expected to be one of the largest pharmaceutical product group actions in English and Welsh legal history.

They claim that thousands of women and some men contracted cancers after using J&J talcum powder products that had been contaminated with asbestos.