The suit accuses the company of marketing its talcum powder products to Black women since the 1990s while knowing those products could cause cancer. 
“I would be remiss if I did not say exactly what this lawsuit is about. It is about the lives of our grandmothers, our mothers, our sisters, our daughters, our nieces, and our wives; and how they were sinisterly targeted by Johnson & Johnson,” Crump said at a news conference.
Several of the women spoke at the Tuesday press conference detailing their families’ use of the Johnson & Johnson talcum powder products. Lydia Huston spoke about how her mother died in 2014 of ovarian cancer. “We had a routine and it involved hygiene, a very clean home, and a very clean body. And just like deodorant, soap, lotion, and toothpaste; talcum powder was a part of the daily routine that she had for over 30 years,” said Huston.
Johnson & Johnson has denied that its baby powder product causes cancer. Last year, an appellate court in Missouri upheld more than $2 billion in damages against J&J saying they company knew there was asbestos in its baby powder.
