Internal J&J documents revealed the company knew about asbestos contamination in talc products since the 1930s. From 1972-1975, at least three labs found asbestos in J&J talc — in one case at 'rather high' levels — but the company withheld results from the FDA. When health concerns grew, J&J ramped up marketing to African American women. A Maryland jury awarded $1.56 billion to a single cancer victim — the largest individual verdict in 15 years of litigation.