‘I felt betrayed’: Woman blames cancer diagnosis on talcum powder use Exclusive: Jane Campbell is one of thousands of women in the UK planning legal action against one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical firms over alleged links between talc and cancer.
Ms Campbell, who works as a human resources director, said she was later diagnosed with ovarian cancer in September 2021 but was forced to use private healthcare after facing delays on the NHS.
A woman has blamed her ovarian cancer diagnosis on talcum powder and said she feels “betrayed” by the manufacturer.
Ms Campbell, who is 52, said her parents used talcum powder on her after baths when she was young and continued to use it on herself as an adult and on her children.
Lawyers argue the US-based multinational company was aware that having asbestos in its talc products was dangerous from the 1970s onwards, but did not warn customers and continued to both produce and sell the products in the UK until 2022.
