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

Mass talc litigation in recent years has pushed companies to explore restructuring options to resolve claims.

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

Earlier in July, a federal court handed the firm a victory by questioning individual plaintiffs' ability to show that talc was the direct cause of their ovarian cancer.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

He is comforted by the talc smell of her housedresses mixed with the sunbaked smell of her skin, the perfumy smell of her party dresses.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

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