ArticleEnvironmental health insights2020
Asbestos Contamination in Talc-Based Cosmetics: An Invisible Cancer Risk.
Article in Environmental health insights, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- TFOS Lifestyle: Impact of cosmetics on the ocular surface.The ocular surface · 2023Pooled it
- Comparative Evaluation of Glidants for Enhancing the Flowability of Poorly Flowing Powdered Materials with Varying Particle Sizes and Morphologies.Pharmaceutics · 2026Article
- Influence of Talc Substitution with Starches from Different Botanical Origins on Rheological and Absorption Properties of Stiff Zinc Oxide Paste Formulations.Pharmaceutics · 2025Article
- The dark side of beauty: an in-depth analysis of the health hazards and toxicological impact of synthetic cosmetics and personal care products.Frontiers in public health · 2024Review
- Primary Ovarian Mesothelioma: A Case Series with Electron Microscopy Examination and Review of the Literature.Cancers · 2021Article
- The Beauty and the Beast: pleural plaques due to asbestos exposure in a beauty salon worker. Who is guilty?Revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho : publicacao oficial da Associacao Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho-ANAMTArticle
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Authors and funding
3 authors.
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Abstract
The lack of regulation and adequate testing of talc-containing personal care products in the U.S. has resulted in the contamination of cosmetics with asbestos. As such, the true exposure of consumers to asbestos is poorly characterized and likely underestimated. In this study, transmission electron microscopy analysis revealed that 3 of 21 powder-based cosmetic products tested were contaminated with amphibole asbestos. One of these contaminated products is expressly marketed for use by children. The presence of asbestos found in products demonstrates the urgency to revise cosmetics policy. Further, talc-based cosmetics may be an overlooked and difficult to characterize source of exposure to asbestos, a known carcinogen.
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