Johnson & Johnson follows North American talc ban with international stop

Johnson & Johnson will no longer sell its talc-based baby powder globally in 2023, the drugmaker said on Thursday, more than two years after it stopped selling the product in the United States and Canada.

Others will surely follow, as they cannot be 100% sure that their product, sourced largely in Asia Minor, does not contain impurities with a risk of causing cancer.

I shall continue using my Imperial Leather, but with caution and will look for a reasonably-priced alternative when this tin runs out.