09 Jul 2024 --- The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the cancer agency of the World Health Organization (WHO) conclude that talc, found in makeup body powders, is “probably carcinogenic to humans.” The Working Group of 29 international experts based the classification on a combination of limited evidence for cancer in humans (for ovarian cancer), sufficient evidence for cancer in experimental animals and solid mechanistic evidence that talc exhibits key characteristics of carcinogens in human primary cells and experimental systems.
