EWG Study Suggests More Than One In 10 Talc-Based Cosmetics Contain Asbestos

The Environmental Working Group and Scientific Analytical Institute say inadequate testing of talc-containing personal-care products is to blame for findings of asbestos in cosmetics, including three of 21 powder-based cosmetics SAI analyzed at EWG’s request. They continue to push for updated testing standards that include electron microscopy as a core component.

Chrysotile fibers (asbestos variety) seen on the fluorescent screen of a transmission electron microscope (TEM), x30 000 magnification. Environmental laboratory specialised in asbestos

Talc-containing cosmetic testing should be updated to include electron microscopy, as current methods continue to fail consumers, subjecting them to asbestos exposure risks, investigators from the Environmental Working Group and Scientific Analytical Institute say.

“The lack of regulation and adequate testing of talc-containing personal care products in the US has resulted in the contamination of cosmetics with asbestos,” say EWG senior scientist Tasha Stoiber, vice president, healthy living science, Nneka Leiba, and SAI’s Sean Fitzgerald, director of legal and research services, in a peer-reviewed

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