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J&J to pay $75 million to settle $6 billion baby powder suit

The state of Mississippi sued J&J’s over its alleged failure to warn consumers about the powder’s alleged cancer risks over nearly a 50-year period

The state sued over J&J’s failure to warn consumers about the powder’s alleged cancer risks over nearly a 50-year period. Picture: Getty

Johnson & Johnson will pay $75 million to settle a consumer protection lawsuit filed by Mississippi over the company’s talc-based baby powder, according to people familiar with the matter, resolving litigation in which the state had sought as much as $6 billion.

The pact comes as lawyers for the state and J&J were gearing up for a non-jury trial next month in Jackson, Mississippi, the people said, asking not to be named because the accord ...