The FDA's proposed rule would require manufacturers test samples of talc-containing cosmetic products for asbestos with methods including polarized light and transmission electron microscopy ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioned a study of a variety of talc samples, including J&J, from 2009 to 2010. It found no asbestos in any of them. The prosecution lawyer told the ...

He added later in testimony that when he measured the aspect ratio, or the size, of the talc found in Pat Matthey’s tissue sample it matched the same size of cosmetic talc used in baby powder.

In one child-appealing product, they found one asbestos fibre and in two of the low-cost samples, they found five and three asbestos fibres. An open cast talc mine Asbestos and talc are both ...