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rampartc

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2. i might be wrong, but haven't billions of women used talcum powder

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Wed Jan 8, 2020, 05:15 AM

Jan 2020

for thousands of years? yet "Ovarian cancer is very rare and the lifetime risk of getting it is 1.3% ."

i'm not saying this should not be studied, but the effects of additives, cornstarch, impurities etc might weigh heavily.

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Study Finds Talcum Powder Not Likely A Risk For Ovarian Cancer [View all] appalachiablue Jan 2020 OP

I'm going to have to pull that study, but if corn starch use was not differentiated from talc, then hlthe2b Jan 2020 #1

It's not the talc that's the issue Mosby Jan 2020 #3

No. Talc is the proxy for the presence of asbestos. Not cornstarch. hlthe2b Jan 2020 #4

I see what your saying I think Mosby Jan 2020 #5

It was an exposure that needed to be differentiated from talc. Since it was not, its presence hlthe2b Jan 2020 #6

i might be wrong, but haven't billions of women used talcum powder rampartc Jan 2020 #2