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Jury sides with woman’s claim that talc caused her cancer

A jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $110 million to a woman who said the company's talcum products gave her ovarian cancer.

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A jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $110 million to a woman who said the company's talcum products gave her ovarian cancer. (Bloomberg)

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