California’s Prop 65 Could Be Next Talc-Asbestos Battleground For Cosmetics

Lab testing expert Sean Fitzgerald says levels of asbestos he has detected in talc-containing cosmetics likely would expose consumers to the well-known carcinogen at levels above California’s Prop 65 safe harbor. There are questions as to Prop 65’s applicability as currently written, but there is definite interest among California attorneys and trial lawyers, he says.

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Prop 65 investigators in California are sniffing around talc-containing cosmetics for potential violations of the state’s warning requirements for products containing listed chemicals of concern.

The carcinogen in investigators’ crosshairs is asbestos, a known talc contaminant that has received national attention in recent years following...

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