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New York’s Top Court Overturns $16.5 Million Talcum Powder Cancer Verdict

The New York Court of Appeals has nixed a $16.5 million jury verdict won by the estate of a woman who died from cancer that she claimed was caused from cosmetic talcum powder. The high court found that the woman’s …

FDA Hearing to Address Testing of Talcum Powders, Cosmetics for Asbestos

For the first time in nearly 50 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will examine asbestos testing for talc powders and cosmetics at a hearing on Tuesday. Regulators are taking a closer look after finding asbestos, a known carcinogen, …

Reuters Special Report: Powder Keg- Regulators Bowed to Industry for Decades Over Talc Risks

At an invitation-only gathering late last year, U.S. regulators and their guests huddled at a hotel near Washington, D.C., to discuss the best way to detect cancer-causing asbestos in talc powders and cosmetics. The “Asbestos in Talc Symposium,” sponsored by …

FDA Warns of Asbestos in Claire Cosmetics; Seeks New Rules on Talc

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration called on Congress to modernize rules for cosmetics safety on Tuesday after it issued an alert warning consumers not to use three cosmetics products sold by Claire’s Stores Inc. because they tested positive for …