Cancerogenicità del talco non contaminato da amianto e del talco cosmetico: revisione sistematica dell'evidenza epidemiologica dopo la monografia 2006 dell'Agenzia Internazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro.

in 2006, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) concluded that the evidence of carcinogenicity for asbestos-free talc was inadequate (group 3), whereas perineal use of talcum powder was classified as possibly carcinogenic (group 2B).