{"id":2665,"date":"2024-12-27T15:13:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T15:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/27\/us-fda-proposes-standardized-testing-to-detect-asbestos-in-talc-products\/"},"modified":"2024-12-27T15:13:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T15:13:40","slug":"us-fda-proposes-standardized-testing-to-detect-asbestos-in-talc-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/27\/us-fda-proposes-standardized-testing-to-detect-asbestos-in-talc-products\/","title":{"rendered":"US FDA proposes standardized testing to detect asbestos in talc products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm562q7u300jw26nk333vhsuk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            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, according to documents posted on the federal register on Thursday.    <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subheader inline-placeholder\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/cm562rwmb001c3b5zp5uq0lb6@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\" id=\"why-its-important\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">        WHY IT\u2019S IMPORTANT<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm562qncc000a3b5zcdx5p8sc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Asbestos, a known human carcinogen, can be injurious to consumers if found in talc-containing cosmetic products as there is no established \u201csafe level\u201d threshold for exposure to the substance.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm562qncc000e3b5z9cdgxwxk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            If finalized, the rule can help protect consumers from harmful exposure to asbestos, leading to fewer illnesses such as lung and ovarian cancers, the health regulator said.    <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subheader inline-placeholder\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/cm562rddi00193b5z7jvtnvyh@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\" id=\"context\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">        CONTEXT<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm562qncc000i3b5zr3jqt0gd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Johnson &amp; Johnson is facing lawsuits from more than 62,000 claimants, who have alleged that the company\u2019s baby powder and other talc products were contaminated with asbestos and caused ovarian and other cancers.    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/factbox\/instances\/cm5634l1l002m3b5z6xv884vc@published\" data-component-name=\"factbox\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" class=\"factbox_inline-small factbox_inline-small__\">\n<ul data-editable=\"items\" class=\"factbox_inline-small__items factbox_inline-small__items--ul\">\n<li data-editable=\"items.0.text\" class=\"factbox_inline-small__item inline-placeholder\">Sign up here to get <strong>The Results Are In with Dr. Sanjay Gupta<\/strong> every Friday from the CNN Health team.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm562qncc000m3b5zn3c8pvds@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The healthcare giant seeks to resolve the claims through an approximately $10 billion settlement in bankruptcy. It has denied the allegations and called its products safe.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm562qncc000p3b5zv2jb0zhl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            In its proposed rule, the FDA would require manufacturers to test a sample of each batch of a talc-containing cosmetic product for asbestos by using methods such as polarized light and transmission electron microscopy, which produces images by illuminating samples with an electron beam.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm562qncc000u3b5z2t30cxac@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            If the manufacturer fails to comply with testing and record-keeping requirements, the proposed rule allows the FDA to declare that product as adulterated under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.    <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subheader inline-placeholder\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/cm562qxzh00163b5zn7c7zkiz@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\" id=\"whats-next\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">        WHAT\u2019S NEXT<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm562qncd000z3b5zem3h8sab@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The FDA is seeking comments on the proposed rule from the public and industry representatives for the next 90 days before finalizing the requirements.    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing that cosmetic products containing talc should be&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2666,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}