A California jury has awarded $40 million to two women who claimed Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder was responsible for their ovarian cancer.

According to Reuters, the jury in Los Angeles Superior Court awarded $18 million to Monica Kent and $22 million to Deborah Schultz and her husband after finding that Johnson & Johnson knew for years its talc-based products were dangerous but failed to warn consumers.

The court records stated Kent was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2014 and Schultz was diagnosed in 2018. They said they used J&J’s baby powder after bathing for 40 years. They further said their treatments involved major surgeries and dozens of rounds of chemotherapy.

Reuters quoted the closing arguments in Courtroom View Network stating Andy Birchfield, an attorney for the women, to

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