Johnson & Johnson Sued For Allegedly Marketing Products That Could Cause Cancer To Black Women

Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson is being sued on allegations of marketing talc-based baby powder to Black women knowing that the product could potentially cause ovarian cancer, the Los Angeles Times reports.

On Tuesday, The National Council of Negro Women and their legal advisors, which include prominent civil rights lawyer Ben Crump, 

filed their complaint in the Superior Court of New Jersey. The lawsuit states that the company specifically targeted Black women through “deceptive marketing,” including running advertising spots and passing out free samples of its talc-based powders at salons.

“Internal documents demonstrate J&J targeted those advertisements to Black women, knowing that Black women were more likely to use the powder products and to use them regularly,” the complaint read. “We now know what J&J knew long before it pulled its talc-based products from the market — that J&J’s powder products can cause ovarian cancer. Read Full Article