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farmboy2 said
it has now become unhealthy to put almost anything and everything on or in our bodies. I guess the only way to be certain of good health is to go back to living the way we lived 100 plus years ago. 

Lifespans are statistically longer in recent generations. Go back far enough, and 40 - 45 was old. That's better than 90% of this forum's members, including KVR for whom without, this forum itself would cease to exist. (Never mind that without personal hygiene products, we'd all smell really bad and would still be walking around with perfume soaked handkerchiefs stuffed up our sleeves.)

The news reports all kinds of nonsense. Our world is filled with information overload and bad information. One day scapegoat X will be the death of us all, 5 years later, it's a miracle cure. Reporters need to just shut-up about science unless it's been peer reviewed and empirically proven over the course of NO LESS than a decade. Yup, science is a slow grueling process. Get over it.

In its natural form, some talc contains asbestos, a substance known to cause cancers in and around the lungs when inhaled (see our document Asbestos). All talcum products used in homes in the United States have been asbestos-free since the 1970s.

Source: http://www.cancer.or.....and-cancer (Same link KVR posted.)

The Cliff Notes version is: Inconclusive and predominant study results suggesting no relation between consumer-grade (asbestos free) talc and cancer. Everything else is speculative. "Speculative" is hardly conclusive enough for courts to be awarding precedent setting lawsuits. That's just irresponsible.

If you want to err on the side of caution, use corn-starch based baby powder instead of talc based... that is if you're certain GMO's don't also cause cancer, and corn as we know it has been a GMO for over 7000 years.

And don't get me started on Gluten