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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