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FILE NAME: Talc (TALC) DATE: 1974 Nov 5 DOC#: TALC080 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Newspaper Article - Talcum Powder Can Cause Cancer SSt' jv 55 Ml ~i_ . 5 sSoLi-.aa2 <*j u jT e *< co Bj8 j-j to^. a * 2% S * i , S h" . j- ^ I*9? I s - S IS 15 s && -3 M5- s!4 S^5B3xot5o f2? to 03 3 1 _'QpihU^) 3 w55 Lj 3 **-< O0 ^a dg k; S>o^> ., % z S &C O s O -i 05 t _e33 W7W- 3 3 3* . -S 1 S .S 2 .2 33.H S <9 -+5 ,Q mis S 3 y Q a| 43o CO .. >73 OS 'O h- - s 0,73 W >> ,Sfl# s a ' S ' ^ S 'S |sf l P w> ><s .n2 AMSaoG3 5"33 to 0> OTc W> * .^ -522^OjS5?^O$ST>^G -aag3oS3 g B 2 0 5 Q S a S w>~ & a a s I I * S # a .S S I-S <3 8 -S f<8*Sp|E V T S & S i H 3 .SS J3 , 'f i e " "T alc has been present in 75 per cent of the ovarian tumors and 50 per cent of the cervical tumors we've an alysed," said Henderson, one of the Iyrrld's leading electron microscopists. In addition, weVe studied 12 stomach tumors from Japan -- and found talc in all of them." Henderson said talc enters the body m various ways. It can be inhaled, can enter through orifices, or can be taken m through food -- " For example, the skin on salami contains talc, and some molds used in making chocolate are treated with talc to keep the chocolate from sticking." Research specialist Dr. Arthur N Rohl of Mount Sinai agreed talc m ay cause some of the same adverse effects ,that asbestos produces. " Many surgeons have even stopped using talc on their surgical gloves be cause they've developed skin tumors "7 n TM they're using cornstarch in stead," he said. Dr. Claude Welch, president of the American College of Surgeons, con firmed Dr. Rohl's statement and add ed: `The use of talcum powder by surgeons on their gloves is now dis couraged. There are safer things to use." * Dr. Douglas Gracey, director of Pul monary Medical Services at Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital, com mented: "Talcum cambe harmful. We find that people in industry who are ex posed to talc often develop disabling lung diseases. " And most commercial talcum pow der contains significant amounts of asbestos fiber - which is definitely harmful m many ways." -- CHARLES MICH0UHI