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Asbestos.

Talc Powder &

Women’s Health

What Is Asbestos?

Asbestos is a highly fibrous and very

durable material that has been used for a variety of commercial and industrial uses.

Its main qualities are strength, durability, and resistance to high temperatures.

The Different Types of

Asbestos?

Types of asbestos:

There are 2 classes of asbestos

Serpentine class (white asbestos) Amphibole class

• chrysotile asbestos• actinolite• amosite• anthophyllite

• crocidolite• tremolite

Asbestos is mined… the largest of which in a town that is actually named Asbestos (located in Quebec, Canada).

Where Is Asbestos

Found?

Russia and China produce the largest volumes of asbestos in the world (2015)

0 200,000 400,000 600,000 800,000 1,000,000 1,200,000

Russia

China

Brazil

Kazakhstan

2015

2014

2013

Why Is Asbestos So

Harmful?

Exposure to asbestos typically happens when people inhale airborne asbestos fibers.

These fibers are called friable asbestos, and once inhaled, are known to settle on the lining membrane of the lungs (mesothelium), abdominal cavity, or pericardium.

These asbestos fibers irritate the affected tissue they come in contact with.

This irritation is what causes inflammation as well as scar tissue to develop on the surface of the mesothelium.

Mesothelioma is a cancer directly attributed to asbestos inhalation.

What Health Problems Can

Asbestos Exposure Cause?

The asbestos fibers trigger inflammationwhich can lead to the following diseases:

• Cancer

• Asbestosis

• Plaques, calcification, and effusion of the pleura.

• “Asbestos warts”

Signs & Symptoms of

Asbestos Exposure

• Unplanned Weight Loss• Difficulty Swallowing• Persistent Worsening Cough• Coughing Up Blood• Neck or Facial Swelling• Fatigue• Chest Pain• Chest Tightness• Shortness of Breath• Hoarseness• Wheezing• Anemia

How Does Talc Powder Get

Contaminated by Asbestos?

While mining talc mineral deposits, unintentional disruption of asbestos ore can possibly lead to toxic asbestos fibers essentially mixing with the talc.

Asbestos and Talc are often found together.

Some studies have raised concerns over possible links between genital talc-containing powder use and ovarian cancer.

Ovarian Cancer & Talc Powder

• One study published in the JNCI showed a 24% increased risk to women using talc-based powders.

• Other research concluded:

“We conclude that there is a significant association between the use of talc in genital hygiene and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer that, when viewed in perspective of published data on this association, warrants more formal public health warnings.”

Talcum Powder Found In a

Number of Popular Products

In 1976, Rohl and Langer tested 20 consumer products labeled as talc or talcum powder (including body powders, baby powders, facial talcums, and a pharmaceutical talc.)

Of the 20 products tested, 10 were found to contain tremolite and anthophyllite, principally asbestiform.

Cosmetic Talcum Powder Toxic

Asbestos Inhalation Study

Study (2014): Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiAsbestos in Commercial Cosmetics Talcum Powder As Cause

Of Mesothelioma in Women

Laboratory A: Product TestingOver 50 containers of the particular brand of talcum powder were acquired from a varietyof sources for bulk testing.

Laboratory B: Asbestos Releasability TestingTo determine if the user could inhale asbestos duringa talcum powder application.

Laboratory C: Product Bulk Testing and bathroom-sized chamber releasability.

Human tissue analysis. Tissue samples from a woman with no other known exposure to asbestos other than her use of the product tested.

Toxic Asbestos Contamination

Study

Initial bulk analyses of 50 samples of this product in Laboratory A showed that all of the samplescontained asbestos fibers.

Study confirmed not only the presence of asbestos in the talcum powders, but also the hypothesis that the cosmetic powders are capable agents of exposure to asbestos.

Study Results: Contamination

The FDA Talc Asbestos

Survey

According to an FDA product survey:

• A sample of 34 products were used ranging from low to high price including: eye shadow, blush, foundation, face powder, and body powder (each product used talc in some way).

• In all 34 products tested, no asbestos was detected.

• BUT: Only 4 of 9 suppliers contacted by the laboratory at the time complied with the request for samples.

**NAD: “No Asbestos Detected”**

Are American Cosmetics

Really Asbestos Free?

A jury trial in California recently awarded $13 million to the plaintiff in a California lawsuit which alleged her mesothelioma diagnosis resulted from asbestos exposure from talcum powder(Judith and John Winkel v. Calavaras Asbestos Ltd., et al., No. BC549253, Calif. Super., Los Angeles Co.)

Lawsuit documents in Winkel vs. Colgate-Palmolive, Co. revealed: the plaintiff was diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma in 2014 and the jury found in favor of the plaintiff.

Should American Women

Using Cosmetics Be

Concerned?

"We have traced the asbestos in the talc to the mines from which it originated, into the milled grades, into the product, and finally into the lung and lymph nodes of the users of those products, including one woman who developed mesothelioma."

According to pathologist Richard Gordon who analyzed tissue from the body of a woman who died of

mesothelioma commented:

Are American Cosmetics

Really Asbestos Free?

“The recent asbestos talc studies have raised very serious concerns about the potential contamination in products using talcum powder. Is enough being done to protect consumers?“

- Thom Pryor, legal analyst with LawsuitLegal.com

Current Asbestos Laws

& Regulations

• Asbestos use is not banned in the U.S., but it is strictly regulated by the EPA and other government entities

• Asbestos can only be used in products that have historically contained the mineral. In other words, no "new uses" are permitted

• Additionally, these products can be made with asbestos only if there is no adequate substitute

• Employers are required to disclose the presence of asbestos to workers and provide proper protective gear

• When maintenance or demolition work disturbs asbestos materials, hiring an abatement expert is required by law.

• A listing of the laws & regulations (EPA)

So, What Now?

• We believe further studies are warranted and possibly stricter contamination testing called for from mines sourcing talcum powders for consumer products

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