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Exactly. Contaminated Talcum powder makes sense, filters not so much...


The talcum powder doesn't need to contain asbestos to cause ovarian cancer. It'll do it on its own.

This has been known for a long time, but some of the talcum powder manufacturers are sitting on non-aesbestos-contaminated mines. To delay the inevitable bans (and to allow them to charge a premium), they heavily push the "aesbestos-contaminated talcum powder causes cancer" story. It is technically true, but intentionally misleading.




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