talc

L’Oréal has engaged restructuring advisers to explore options for mounting U.S. legal liabilities stemming from its use of talc and other chemicals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

J&J has repeatedly denied the allegations and in its latest announcement said: "Studies show talc is safe, does not contain asbestos and does not cause cancer."

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

The company said Monday that it had reached this agreement with firms representing plaintiffs in the outstanding talc cases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

In 2024, the company offered more than $8 billion to plaintiffs as part of a bankruptcy attempt that could have ended the ovarian-cancer talc litigation but in the end, a judge didn’t approve it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Some areas became hard as rock while others remained as soft as talc.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

After receiving inquiries from Reuters, the ACS in early December revised its website to remove the assurance that cosmetic talcs are free of asbestos.

From Reuters ● Dec. 14, 2018

Food and Drug Administration was considering a limit on asbestos in talcs.

From Reuters ● Dec. 14, 2018

Wide-shouldered, hairy-chested William Nassaur, whose Courtley, Ltd. shaving soaps, lotions, talcs, and bubble baths had already deodorized and sweetened thousands of U.S. males, got set last week to waft his perfume worldwide.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then the three brothers took, each of them, a princess with him on his horse, and they all rode together back to the old King, telling talcs and singing songs as they went.

From Old Peter's Russian Tales by Dmitri Mitrokhin

"How can you ask that? What do you imagine I'm doing? I am talcing care of your brother. I am taking care of Bran."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin