Health Canada and Canada’s environmental agency issued a draft screening assessment Dec. 8 identifying talc as potentially hazardous to consumers when used in cosmetic powders that may be inhaled or products applied to female genitals. Finalization of the assessment in its current form would trigger risk management actions.
Exposure to cosmetic-grade talc through female genital dusting or inhalation during powder product application may pose health risks, according to Canadian regulatory authorities.
Health Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada published those tentative conclusions Dec. 8 in the form of a