[GOPJ]

I’m always surprised people use talcum powder on their babies... why take the risk?

[Excellence]

I was advised to use corn starch, asked that worked fine.

[arthurus]

Talcum powder mixed with epoxy makes a really good filler for auto body work or just about anything else where one needs s strong adherent putty that sands and takes paint well.

[Mr. K]

Because it prevents a lot of OTHER unpleasant things like severe diaper rashes.

This is another example of fake science for profit.

You can watch the movie about that idiot Erin Brokovich in California who scammed that whole town and destroyed a company for nothing. Horse face Julia Roberts played her in the movie.

She gathered up data that people in the town had this disease and that disease and some other disease and said it was all related to one chemical company.

It does not work that way. Look at mesothelioma. It is caused by asbestos. That is a proven link. But one chemical causes one type of disease. Not 100 different diseases.

Just because people used talcum powder and then got cancer does not prove a connection. How many people who used talcum power DID NOT get cancer? I’ve been using it my whole life. (it keeps my balls from itching. TMI?)

My whole family’s been using it. Everyone I know has used it. No one I know has cervical cancer.
Say... Maybe talcum powder PREVENTS cancer!

[oh8eleven]

why take the risk?
What risk? From the article - "No clear link connects talcum powder to ovarian cancer." This is all about greed.
Reminds me of the silicone breast implant case years ago. No proof existed that they caused any kind of problem to women who had them, yet the jury awarded the women in the lawsuit some ungodly amount of money.
AND to this day, women still use them.