FDA Research Seeks Better Understanding Of Talc’s Potential Cancer Link

FDA’s Office of Cosmetics and Colors is heading up laboratory studies to explore an issue central to rampant litigation – talc’s effects on female genital system tissues, supported by a grant from the agency’s Office of Women’s Health. The agency is still finalizing a scientific literature review, but expects its research will help fill gaps that have not been adequately covered by epidemiologic and animal studies to date.