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Could talcum powder give you cancer?

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A jury in the US state of Missouri has ordered Johnson & Johnson to give 72 million dollars to the family of a woman who claimed her death was linked to the use of the company's Baby Powder product. Professor Karol Sikora, a consultant oncologist at Hammersmith Hospital in West London, says it is difficult to prove a link between talcum powder and cancer.

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