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[PilatesLover]

I've been happily using cornstarch baby power for several years.  Is talc supposed to be better?  On humid days (which we're in our 39th day of a heat wave) I blast myself with baby powder after a shower, before and after exercise and again before bed.

[Sooner]

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@hckynut wrote:

@granddi 

What is this info based on? I have heard/seen it on media, but only from newsperson's opinions, nothing else.

hckynut

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@hckynut Talc is often found along with asbestos in mines and it has a similar crystalline structure so back in the day was sometimes contaminated with asbestos.  Which back then wasn't considered unsafe either.

In light of that I simply avoid products with talc in it.  

I don't see a reason to risk it and it isn't something I need to buy.   But this issue has been going on a long time especially over bath powder/talcs.  

[Q4u]

Ok, I have to bring this into the mix because no one is talking about breathing in talcs or body powders....

My Mother LOVED body powders, all of them including baby talcs and those powders sold by Avon or other "perfumed" powders.

She always loved them and used them as long as I can remember.  She tried to encourage me to use them but I didn't like the feel and never developed the habit.

She got Lung Cancer and it was never discussed that these talcs may have been a contributing factor.  No one knows or will hazard a guess.  Her cancer was inoperable and she passed away within weeks of diagnosis.  No one can say what caused it but I am certain that breathing in these talcs over the course of a lifetime had contributed.  Of this I am certain.  Be careful of ALL products that are a talc or powder, including medical powders and please don't breathe them in....

[KaySD]

is talcum the issue, or is it adulteratioms in the talcum?

[SeaMaiden]

I would never use them....breathing the powder in to your lungs is my concern

[MoonieBaby]

I won't use talc - ever again....not that I used it much ever in my lifetime...and never anyplace other than behind my neck, or on my underarms...and never much of it - but I will not touch the stuff, improved or not. nope nada, no way.

[Q4u]

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@KaySD wrote:

is talcum the issue, or is it adulteratioms in the talcum?

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I'd suggest ANY form of powder that is dusted on and hangs in the air.  It's breathed in while applying it....  

[Shelbelle]

Certainly not safe for a woman to use on her panites!! You can safely use the ones with cornstarch, and they smell the same way as the talc ones. 

[goldensrbest]

I will be 69 in december the 26th, i still love the smell of baby powder.

[Toppers3]

I'm not sure if you can still find asbestos-free talcum powders out there.

I was able to get one from my pharmacy that was like that a few years ago and that was also fragrance-free, but then it was discontinued.