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    Default Talcum powder possibly carcinogenic?

    While I was searching for a nice "shaving" or body talc I came accros some articles in wich is mentioned that talcum powder can be carcinogenic when repeatedly used. This is also mentioned on the Wiki page about talc:

    Talc on Wikipedia (Paragraph 'Safety')


    I'd like to try shaving talc but have my doubts after reading some of those sounds...

    I was wondering if you are aware this and if some of you use some form of talcum or 'talcum free body powder' after a shave?



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    I use talc with a brush on my neck and upperbody and no cancer yet, I swear I hear something causes cancer at least half a dozen times a day. If you listen to them you will never leave you bed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Doc View Post
    I use talc with a brush on my neck and upperbody and no cancer yet, I swear I hear something causes cancer at least half a dozen times a day. If you listen to them you will never leave your bed.
    Now that is really dangerous, since most people die in bed!
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    The question is how much talc did they put on those animals.

    Could by like the AGAR on apples scare from the early nineties.they gave animals food laced with the equivalent of a gallon of the stuff and low and behold they got cancer.

    For the talc studies they probably used it as bedding in the cages before the animals started showing symptoms.

    Since I've been on the same can of Clubman Talc for the last half decade I'm not going to worry about my exposure. At that usage rate I could be sprinkling uranium dust on myself and not increase my risk of cancer.
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    I swear, if you fart more than twice a day, you have cancer. GOOD GRIEF....

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    Most, if not all of the baby powders/talcs sold around here today are actually corn starch. Could be a Canada thing though.... I've not checked the current Clubman talc... come to think of it, I can't remember the last time I saw Clubman anything on the shelf.

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    Should I give up the beer, chewing tobacco, pipe, aluminum cookware, my job in a chemical plant, pumping gas, cigars, cell phone, or talc? I think the talc. I don't enjoy it much.

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    Hi gents,

    Thanks for your replies!
    If I'm not mistaken cancer is nr. 1 disease today in Europe. Some people pay more attention to their consuming habits than others for this reason.
    Not that I'm over worried, and as some of you mentioned there are tons of other factors that can cause some form of cancer.
    I was just wondering if those of you who use a powder, have consciously chosen a 'non talcum powder containing body powder' instead of a 'regular talcum' for this matter or not.

    On a hunt for some talcum and a brush...

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    What are the sources Joël?

    Does sound scary but then again, Wiki should be taken with a pinch of salt.

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    Although not specifically men related it somehow "proves" for me that talc is not complete harmless:

    Cancer Prevention Coalition

    American Cancer Society

    Cancer Research UK


    But there are other sounds as well:

    Talcum may stop lung cancer


    What to believe these days

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