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by dylan604 289 days ago
No, benzene was specifically what I was thinking of to the point that I assumed it was so well known that it wasn't question as being a thing any more. Just like asbestos in baby powder
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Nursie 289 days ago
That’s thankfully no longer really a thing - the world has realised that there is no such thing as asbestos-free talc, so baby powder is now mostly corn-starch AFAICT.
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dylan604 289 days ago
You mean in the US, right? Because J&J were known to continue to sell their talc based products internationally.
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Nursie 288 days ago
It’s certainly stopped here in Aus too, and there was a UK documentary about it a while ago implying it’s known there as well.

Beyond that, no clue.

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