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FILE NAME Talc TALC DATE 2016 DOC TALC124 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Yahoo Article - The Dangerous History of Talcum Powder ae. The The Dangerous HistoryHistory of Talcum Powder Powder Beth Greenfield Senior Writer February 26 2016 w f 26 Maybe it's your browser , All of the above It can be easy to ignore safety warnings when it comes to our most coveted beauty products including those soothing based powders But this week's grabbing verdict M that Johnson & Johnson was to pay 72 million in damages to the family of a woman whose death from ovarian cancer was linked to her use of the company's body powders - has been a rousing wake call Related Your Beauty Products May Not Be Safe and Congress Is Finally Stepping In There's been concerning evidence about talc - that it brings about a 30 percent increased risk of ovarian and endometrial cancers f- or quite a while Sharima Rasanayagam director of science at the Breast Cancer Fund and head of its Campaign for Safe Cosmetics tells Yahoo Beauty citing a number of studies It's a small increase for a rare cancer M not like smoking . ve Bee Spt Broughtto you by Yahoo Style and Beaty Beaty Net un reason people haven't taken notice of it But we take a precautionary approach especially because it's not a product you need to be using Why increase your risk for these cancers at all Talca Talca Talca mineral substance that's either mined or produced industrially is used in various cosmetic and beauty products from baby powders to eye shadows in order to absorb moisture or as a softening or caking agent It can sometimes be contaminated with asbestos And it's why an everincreasing panoply of free powders - from the Honest Company Burt's Bees Crabtree & Evelyn and even Johnson & Johnson itself - has been become available typically with alternative ingredients such as cornstarch silk powders and finely milled oats Related The Beauty Brand That's Putting Safety First In the Johnson & Johnson verdict announced Monday in the St. Louis circuit court it was noted by jurors that the company failed for decades to warn consumers about the risks of talc in order to boost its sales Damages were awarded to the family of Jacqueline Fox who had used Johnson & Johnson baby powder and Shower to Shower powder for 50 years In its defense the company released a statement noting that the verdict goes against decades of sound science proving the safety of talc as a cosmetic ingredient in multiple products ... And on its website Johnson & Johnson notes that the talc used in all our global products is carefully selected and processed to be asbestos and we confirm this with regular testing The U.S. Food and Drug Administration FDA has also tested and confirmed he purity of our talc Photo AP Still according to the Environmental Working Group EWG studies by the National Toxicology Panel demonstrated that cosmetic talc free of asbestos is a form of magnesium silicate that also can be toxic and carcinogenic Also notes EWG a March 1976 Food and Drug Administration memo obtained by Fair Warning under the Freedom of Information Act charged that cosmetics makers had been lax in monitoring the safety of talc supplies Many point out that while studies about talc risks may indeed have been observational rather than able to prove absolute cause they have not ruled out danger out either Se poenenernentennnenivneriis mam etn, | Read More goods #talc powder #johnson #controversy #health #cancer #lawsuit