U.S. government-led research found no strong evidence linking baby powder with ovarian cancer in the largest analysis to look at the question.involved nearly 250,000 women who participated in four long-running studies and were asked periodically about their use of powder in the genital area. About 40% said they did.for those who used powders and those who didn’t, researchers reported Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Assn.
Smaller studies investigating a possible link between talcum powder and cancer have had conflicting results, though most found no connection. Those results were weak and are murky at best. Still, O’Brien said they made the overall findings “very ambiguous.” On Monday, an unusual mid-trial settlement was announced in an Oakland, Calif., case involving a woman who claimed asbestos in the powder caused her, a cancer that can affect the lungs and other organs. J&J spokeswoman Kimberly Montagnino declined to disclose terms or reasons for the agreement but said it “in no way changes our overall position that our talc is safe, is asbestos-free and does not cause cancer.