The World Health Organization’s cancer agency on Friday classified talc as “probably carcinogenic” for humans, however an outside expert warned against misinterpreting the announcement as a “smoking gun”.
Most people are exposed to talc in the form of baby powder or cosmetics, according to the Lyon-based IARC. But it could not rule out that the talc in some studies was contaminated with cancer-causing asbestos. The agency is only aiming “to answer the question of whether the substance has the potential to cause cancer, under some conditions that IARC do not specify,” he said.
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