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FILE NAME Talc TALC DATE 1974 Nov 5 DOC TALC080 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Newspaper Article - Talcum Powder Can Cause Cancer National Eng Nov. 1974 p3 Americans duTsatledcuomn aplomwodsetrevery bsoabyliberaclalny Research Reveals Threat to Millions of Americans be a serious hazard to the health and even the lives of millions of Amer- icans who use it warn leading health experts Scientists are alarmed because re- cent studies show a definite link be- tween talc a soft mineral that forms the base of talcum powder and several deadly forms of cancer One study reveals that tale miners and millers in New York state have four times more lung cancer than nor- mal And an ongoing study in Britain shows talc to be present in three fourths of ovarian cysts and half of all cervical tumors checked by scientists The same British researchers also found talc in every one of 12 stomach tumors from Japan which has the highest incidence of this disease in the world - and where talc is used in the preparation of rice the nation's staple food We're really worried about the use of talc in the home admitted one health expert Dr. Irving Selikoff of New York's Mount Sinai School of Medicine Tale contains asbestos - and we al- ready know asbestos is a cancer ing agent We've suspected for a long time that talc also causes cancer and these studies seem to confirm it There is a very real danger involved because the use of talc is so wide spread according to Dr. William Nicholson associate professor of community medicine at Mount Sinai Dr. Arthur Langer an associate professor of mineralogy at Mount Sinai added At least 50 million Americans use some form of talc in their daily lives - and almost every baby is literally doused with it When a baby is dusted with talcum powder every day it inhales the tale - which accumulates in the body to such a degree it can't be eliminated This could cause cancer later in life Talc and asbestos are both silicates and occur together in nature When talc is crushed into powder the asbestos often remains Dr. Langer said An added problem he revealed is that tale sometimes contains min- erals like nickel or cobalt - which like asbestos are definitely cancer- causing . Drs Langer and Selikoff both be- lieve talc product labels should reveal the amount of asbestos each product contains And Dr. Selikoff a professor of en- vironmental science added Because of the potential danger I definitely think people should have some way of knowing how much asbestos is in the talcum they buy The recent study of New York state tale workers shows that exposure to talc definitely can be harmful said Dr. Selikoff : These miners and millers have four times the normal rate of lung cancer as well as extensive lung scarring and lung tumors And the British study under way in Cardiff Wales has established a def- inite relationship between tale and some tumors according to William Henderson of Cardiff's Tenovus Insti- tute for asbestos posed find couraged cause that treated in in world's mented monary firmed cause treated that lung asbestos use tumors harmful posed American world's cent cent Northwestern couraged treated that monary Henderson tumors world'salyzed asbestos diseases Northwestern couraged couraged American American Many Research of tumors now Many Research treated through addition Talc contains to surgeons Claude talc asbestos Research Henderson world's contains sticking contains people Northwestern Northwestern Claude sticking through they've asbestos Henderson talc Northwestern Medical leading said has many commercial Talcum Medical many commercial Talcum significant ovarian Medical College surgeons making elctron significant in Gracey ovarian ways often Services industry cervical ways commercial industry Gracey leading . 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