India, Oct. 10 -- A Los Angeles court has directed pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $966 million to the family of Mae Moore, an 88-year-old woman who died in 2021 from mesothelioma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer linked to asbestos exposure. The family filed the lawsuit the same year, claiming that Johnson & Johnson's talc-based baby powder products contained asbestos fibers that caused her illness. A jury ruled in their favour earlier this week, ordering the company to pay $16 million in compensatory damages and a staggering $950 million in punitive damages. So what is the link between talcum powder and cancer? Let's understand it.

While Johnson & Johnson maintains that its baby powder is safe, asbest...