The chief judge of New York’s controversial asbestos court has dismissed a lawsuit by a man who claimed his cancer was caused by exposure to asbestos fibers in floor tiles, in a significant ruling ...

Manufacturers of baby powder and cosmetic products made with talc will have to test them for asbestos under a proposal announced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The agency's proposal comes ...

Mandatory testing of talc-containing cosmetic products is coming. At the end of December, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed a cosmetics rule and test method for asbestos in talc that was ...

WASHINGTON - Laboratory tests of talc-based cosmetics products, commissioned by the Environmental Working Group, found asbestos - a deadly human carcinogen for which there is no safe level of exposure ...

Federal health officials are scrutinizing a mineral—added to some makeup, medications, and foods—that many people have never thought twice about: talc. In a recent viewpoint article called “Priorities ...

Dec 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing that cosmetic products containing talc should be tested using standardized methods to detect asbestos, a potential contaminant, ...

(Reuters) - An expert panel formed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has endorsed asbestos testing standards for cosmetics that reject long-held industry positions and reflect those of public ...

The Trump administration is withdrawing a proposal to require cosmetic companies to test their talc-containing products for asbestos, according to a public notice Tuesday. The Food and Drug ...