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 ...

Beauty products are often filled with ingredients that most of us probably don’t recognize ― and can’t even pronounce. While that’s not inherently a bad thing, there is a rising emphasis on clean ...

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 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 corporate shell of an ex-industrial chemical maker filed for bankruptcy after a South Carolina jury ordered it to pay more than $29 million to a woman who blamed tainted talc in cosmetic products ...

Manufacturers of baby powder and cosmetic products made with talc will have to test them for asbestos under a proposal announced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The agency's proposal comes ...

The Food and Drug Administration said today it is abruptly withdrawing its proposed rule that would have created approved, standardized testing methods for detecting and identifying cancer-causing ...

Talc is a naturally occurring, soft silicate mineral that is mined from the earth. Its chemical name is hydrous magnesium silicate. In finely powdered form, talc absorbs moisture well and helps cut ...