A recent article in the New York Times reported that there are now 4,800 lawsuits charging that repeated use of talcum powder for years causes ovarian cancer. I've been writing about this since 2015 http://theequalizerfcw.blogspot.com/2015/03/talcum-powder-use-may-cause-ovarian.html, prompted by the death of a dear friend and life-long talc user.
The Times article said that “safety concerns
(about talc causing ovarian cancer) are based on inconclusive science.” This is
no surprise since talc use occurs over decades and cancer takes decades to
develop. But why not a warning label while research—and lawsuits-- continue? In
response to my FOIL request for its explanation for declining label petitions,
the Food and Drug Administration actually acknowledged that
talc particles can enter a woman’s body via her vagina and that such particles
can cause ovarian cancer.
Harvard Professor Dr.
Daniel Cramer told me in interviews that his research has convinced him that
10% of all ovarian cancer cases a year, about 2,000, are caused by talc use.
Cramer is a Harvard Professor of Obstetrics, and Gynecology as well as of
epidemiology and public health. He says talc causes a potent inflammatory
reaction, and that inflammation is now believed to play a key role in cancer in
general.
Given what is so far at least an association of talc use and
ovarian cancer, mothers need to be told not to use talcum powder to dust their
baby girls, and to avoid its use in their own genital areas. Cornstarch powder
works as well. Not to provide a warning label is unforgivable and
irresponsible given the terrible suffering of ovarian cancer victims and their
families.
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