FDA Research Seeks Better Understanding Of Talc’s Potential Cancer Link
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA’s Office of Cosmetics and Colors is heading up laboratory studies to explore an issue central to rampant litigation – talc’s effects on female genital system tissues, supported by a grant from the agency’s Office of Women’s Health. The agency is still finalizing a scientific literature review, but expects its research will help fill gaps that have not been adequately covered by epidemiologic and animal studies to date.
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