whether talc more probably than not causes ovarian cancer and thus (gives) rise to a duty to warn", but not enough to sustain the jury's imposition of liability against Johnson & Johnson stated, and concluded that Echeverria did not adequately establish that talc causes ovarian cancer. In July 2018, a court in St. Louis awarded a $4.7bn claim ($4.14bn in punitive damages and $550m in compensatory damages) against J&J to 22 claimant women, concluding that the company had suppressed evidence of asbestos in its products for more than four decades. At least 1,200 to 2,000 other talcum powder-related lawsuits were pending . See also References Phyllosilicates Magnesium minerals Symbols of Vermont Cosmetics chemicals Excipients IARC Group 3 carcinogens Clay minerals group Triclinic minerals Minerals in space group 2 Monoclinic minerals Minerals in space group 15 Luminescent minerals E-number additives