Talc has been used in beauty and personal care products for decades, but concerns about contamination, inhalation, and long-term exposure have reshaped how it’s viewed today. Understanding what talc ...

Federal health officials are scrutinizing a mineral—added to some makeup, medications, and foods—that many people have never thought twice about: talc. The JAMA article added that talc remains common, ...

The potential causative relationship between exposure to cosmetic talc and asbestos-related disease is of particular interest considering recent, high-visibility cases being litigated across the ...

The World Health Organization's (WHO) cancer research agency has delivered a damning report on powdered mineral talc, calling it "probably" cancer-causing to humans, mainly because of powders being ...

Mandatory testing of talc-containing cosmetic products is coming. At the end of December, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed a cosmetics rule and test method for asbestos in talc that was ...

The World Health Organization's (WHO) cancer research arm recently classified talc as "probably carcinogenic" for humans. This decision by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has ...

Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson is facing a major lawsuit over claims that it knowingly sold baby powder contaminated with asbestos - SewcreamStudio A bottle of talcum powder is a bathroom ...

To read this article for CME, click here. October 8, 2008 — Regular use of talc in the genital area was significantly associated with an increased risk for ovarian cancer in a new analysis reported in ...