How do natural stones like soapstone stand up? Soapstone, also called steatite, is a metamorphic rock made from talc-schist, which means it contains talc, in this case around 50 percent.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has published a new assessment of talc’s potential to cause cancer, concluding that is it ‘probably carcinogenic’ to humans.

The debut episode titled "Makeup" explored the use of talc as an ingredient in cosmetics products. This caused quite a stir ...

Down at the phone booth, we met Talc Alf. Talc Alf works in the soft stone from which talcum powder is made. According to him, practically all the baby powder in Australia is made from talc stone ...

The total annual loan cost (TALC) estimates what you’d pay in several scenarios Greg Daugherty has worked 25+ years as an editor and writer for major publications and websites. He is also the ...

Johnson & Johnson has outlined a new settlement that it said would resolve nearly all of the lawsuits it faces over claims that its talc products, including baby powder, caused cancer. The ...

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) will stop making and selling its talc-based baby powder around the world from next year. The announcement comes more than two years after the healthcare giant ended sales ...

Johnson & Johnson plans to pay an additional $1.1 billion to resolve tens of thousands of legal actions alleging its baby powder and other talc products caused cancer, two people familiar with the ...

J&J plans to place a subsidiary into bankruptcy if it gets at least 75% of the talc claimants to vote for its settlement proposal. The bankruptcy settlement would end all talc lawsuits alleging ...

J&J in Talks With Holdouts to $6.5 Billion Talc Settlement By Dietrich Knauth and Mike Spector NEW YORK (Reuters) -Johnson & Johnson said on Friday it is negotiating with plaintiffs' lawyers who ...

"As a child my brother and I were a little bit naughty. We used to have talc battles and cover each other in what looked like snow." Hannah Fletcher fondly recalls playing in clouds of talcum ...