Johnson & Johnson removed its baby powder from the North American market in 2020 after talc came under greater scrutiny for causing cancer. The World Health Organization’s cancer agency on Friday classified talc as “probably carcinogenic” for humans, however an outside expert warned against misinterpreting the announcement as a “smoking gun”. The decision was based on “limited evidence” that talc could cause ovarian cancer in humans, “sufficient evidence” it was linked to cancer in rats and “strong mechanistic evidence” that it shows carcinogenic signs in human cells, the WHO’s International Read More