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Gordon PhD Objective To describe 33 cases of malignant mesothelioma among indi- viduals with no known asbestos exposure other than cosmetic talcum powder Methods Cases were referred for medico evaluation and tissue digestions were performed in some cases Tissue digestion for the six cases described was done according to standard methodology Results Asbestos of the type found in talcum powder was found in all six cases evaluated Talcum powder usage was the only source of asbestos for all 33 cases Conclusions Exposure to contaminated talcum powders can cause mesothelioma Clinicians should elicit a history of talcum powder usage in all patients presenting with mesothelioma presence of three different types of asbestos fibers in 22 of 22 talcum products tested tremolite anthophyllite and chysotile However talcum powder is still widely produced and consumed with a reported 58.3 million adults using body and baby powder in the United States in 2017.26 While the relationship between occupational exposure to asbestos and mesothelioma is well established multiple studies have shown that not all individuals who develop mesothelioma can pin- point exposures to asbestos Among women occupational expo- sure explains less than half of malignant mesothelioma cases Some studies have focused on conventional exposure categories that Downlade for women only reflect take home exposures from male family members who worked in one of the selected occupations In one such from BACKGROUND study data on home or personal use exposures were not collected yet sbestos in all forms is recognized by the International Agency for Research on Cancer IARC as a human carcinogen and all increased amounts of tremolite asbestos fibers noted in the lungs of women with MM with no identified source of asbestos contact led htps:/journal.wcme forms of asbestos are recognized as the primary risk factor for study authors to that the tremolite could be related to hypothesize htps:/journals.lw.com/joem malignant mesothelioma By the 1950s over 60 cases of talcum powder use 28 The high prevalence of unexplained or idio- htps:/journal.wcme asbestos lung cancer had been published in the literature In pathic mesothelioma among women necessitates further inquiry into by 1955 Doll,,p"ublished a seminal paper describing the increased risk potential occupational exposures such as exposure to asbestos- BhDMf5ePHKav1zEoumtQfN4a of lung cancer among exposed workers In 1960 Wagner et al published a study of 33 cases of malignant mesothelioma among individuals who were exposed to asbestos in and around the contaminated talcum powder In light of these gaps in the existing literature we present 33 cases of individuals with malignant mesothelioma who were BhDMf5ePHKav1zEoumtQfN4a crocidolite mines in South Africa By the 20th century as exposed to commercial talcum powder products Of those cases BhDMf5ePHKav1zEoumtQfN4a asbestos use rose in the industrialized world diseases associated we present six in detail where the individuals had no other known kJLhEZgbslH04XMi0hCywCX1AWnYQp with its use also began their upward 3,8,11,12 On average exposure to asbestos and for whom tissue studies show the presence kJLhEZgbslH04XMi0hCywX1AWnYQp between 2003 and 2008 1.05 cases per 100,000 of malignant of asbestos commonly found in talcum powder such as tremolite kJLhEZgbslH04XMihCyw1AWnYQp mesothelioma MM were diagnosed in the United States and in 2015 2597 deaths resulted from the disease and anthophyllite For all 33 cases other potential exposures to asbestos were considered with no identified source apart from the The presence of asbestos in talc and talcum powder consumer products including body powder baby powder facial cosmetics and kJLhEZgbslH04XMiCyw1AWnYQp pharmaceutical talc was first discussed in the medical and scientific kJLhEZgbslH04XMihCyw1AWnYQp literature beginning in the 1940s Asbestos contamination of talcum powder The cases were referred to author J.M. for medicolegal evaluation as part of tort litigation and tissue digestions were performed by author R.G. as part of this litigation In every case a pathology report confirmed the diagnosis of malignant mesotheli- IQrHD3ctd talc products is understood to occur during the mining process in which talc deposits overlap or lie in close proximity to naturally occurring asbestos deposits The natural presence of asbestos oma This study was conducted with approval from the Northwell Health Feinstein Institute for Medical Research 18-0225 FIMR within talc deposits makes selective or the extrication of mining asbestos from mined talc nearly impossible During application in DsFBzQTMK its commercial talcum powder form asbestos fibers become air- MATERIALS AND METHODS Case Histories IfVrSzj5ui06vflsg borne and can be inhaled In 1968 Cralley et 25 found the Data gathered for all 33 patients were gathered from each individual's medical records and sworn testimony deposition tran- IfVrSzj5ui06vflsvg From the Northwell Health Department of Occupational Medicine Epidemiology scripts of individuals All cases were reviewed by an occupational JIKqupoH5c and Prevention Dr Moline Ms Bevilacqua Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Northwell Hempstead Ms Alexandri physician with experience evaluating asbestos exposure in thousands of patients Data abstracted included medical diagnosis 01/320on Department of Pathology The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai review of pathology reports confirming the diagnosis of malignant Dr Gordon New York New York Funding No funds or external assistance were obtained by any outside source in mesothelioma and clinical course Exposure data was obtained the development writing analysis or conclusions of this manuscript from sworn testimony by the cases which included extensive Conflicts of Interest Authors J.M. and R.G. have served as expert witnesses in asbestos litigation including talc litigation for plaintiffs Supplemental digital contents are available for this article Direct URL citation appears in the printed text and is provided in the HTML and PDF versions of this article on the journal's Web site www.joem.org questioning regarding all sources of asbestos exposure This included family occupational histories parents and anyone cohabitating with the patient for all cases to assess potential asbestos exposure hobbies that included use of products that might contain Clinical Significance This manuscript is the first to describe mesothelioma among talcum powder consumers Our case study suggest that cosmetic talcum powder use may help explain the high prevalence of idiopathic mesothelioma cases particularly among women and stresses the need for improved exposure history elicitation among physicians asbestos such as ceramics residence in an area that might have had asbestos industry leading to possible environmental exposures known abatement of asbestos while the patient was in school home renovations that might have used asbestos containing materials and Address correspondence to Jacqueline Moline MD Northwell Health Great Neck NY jmoline@northwell.edu jmoline@northwell.edu Copyright '2019 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine any other potential sources of asbestos exposure Additional data related to family history of cancers was obtained from the sworn testimony Any data related to potential genetic mutations such as DOI JOM.0000000000001723 BRCA1 associated protein was collected if present JOEM e Volume 62 Number 1 January 2020 11 Copyright '2019 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited Moline et al JOEM e Volume 62 Number 1 January 2020 Talcum powder exposure histories were reviewed based on sworn testimony by patients and in some cases family members with hand knowledge of the use of talcum powder such as parents who recalled using talcum powder while diapering the patient Data including type of talcum powder used Appendix 3 http://links.lww.com/JOM/A651 age at first use of talcum powder and duration of use was obtained to ensure adequate latency from first exposure was present In some cases individuals were also interviewed in person and these data were merged with the data obtained in medical records and deposition transcripts The six cases described below also had tissue digestions performed by author R.G.

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