Does baby powder contain asbestos?

Is talc asbestos? I understand there is an incredient in baby powder that is detrimental to humans. Do you know what it is?


An organic farmer at our farmer's market is using ';baby powder'; on the apples to keep the birds away.Does baby powder contain asbestos?
It's debatable depending on whether he was using baby powder with talc or with cornstarch. I wouldn't eat an apple that had either put on them.





Baby powder usually consists of talcum, a very light weight mineral.





Several studies have established preliminary links between talc and pulmonary issues, lung cancer, skin cancer and ovarian cancer.This is a major concern considering talc's widespread commercial and household use. However, no conclusive study has yet been made to determine either the toxicity and/or carcinogenic nature of talc and the long history of safe use suggests that these concerns are unfounded. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considers non-asbestiform talc, that is talc which does not contain potentially carcinogenic asbestiform amphibole fibers, to be Generally recognized as safe (GRAS) for use in cosmetics. In 1993, a US National Toxicology Program report found that cosmetic grade talc caused tumours in animals, even though it contained no asbestos-like fibres. Scientists have been aware of the toxicity of talc since the late 1960s, and in 1971 researchers found particles of talc embedded in 75 percent of the ovarian tumors studiedDoes baby powder contain asbestos?
Baby Powder is mostly talcum powder NOT asbestos.


Using asbestos is illegal in the US in ANY application.





Talcium powder is hydrated magnesium silicate one of the softest minerals.





I would tell your farmer that the whole idea of organic foods is that there are not extra chemicals added, including baby powder. Baby powder may be fine to absorb urine, sweat and orders, but NOT to eat. If he is using baby powder made ONLY with corn starch then it is safe to eat and already in a lot of the foods you buy.





Once upon a time talcum powder may have been mixed with asbestos, but that hasn't been true for 2 generations. Since then corn starch has been added.





The cancer causing effects are rumors that are not backed by any study and the FDA considers it safe.





According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_starch


';Cornstarch has been used as a replacement for talc in baby powder.';





According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Powder


';A coarse grayish-green high-talc rock is soapstone or steatite and has been used for stoves, sinks, electrical switchboards, etc. Talc finds use as a cosmetic (talcum powder), as a lubricant, and as a filler in paper manufacture. Talc is used in baby powder, an astringent powder used for preventing rashes on the area covered by a diaper (see diaper rash). Most tailor's chalk is talc, as is the chalk often used for welding or metalworking.





Talc is also used as food additive or in pharmaceutical products. In medicine talc is used as a pleurodesis agent to prevent recurrent pneumothorax. In the European Community the additive number is E553b.





Several studies have established preliminary links between talc and pulmonary issues, lung cancer, skin cancer and ovarian cancer. This is a major concern considering talc's widespread commercial and household use. However, no conclusive study has yet been made to determine either the toxicity and/or carcinogenic nature of talc and the long history of safe use suggests that these concerns are unfounded. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considers non-asbestiform talc, that is talc which does not contain potentially carcinogenic asbestiform amphibole fibers, to be Generally recognized as safe (GRAS) for use in cosmetics. In 1993, a US National Toxicology Program report found that cosmetic grade talc caused tumours in animals, even though it contained no asbestos-like fibres.[citation needed] Scientists have been aware of the toxicity of talc since the late 1960s, and in 1971 researchers found particles of talc embedded in 75 percent of the ovarian tumors studied.';
baby powder is NOT toxic to humans... now, for birds, i really don't have a clue... but just because it isn't toxic doesn't mean you should go ahead and ingest copious amounts straight out of the bottle... THAT's just plain stupid.
Well, do you really think that baby powder could be sold if it knowingly contained asbestos??? DUDE, come on now, really?
never heard of that before.





ask a doctor or switch to cornstarch powder