Talc

Talc is a clay mineral, composed of hydrated magnesium silicate with the chemical formula Mg3Si4O10(OH)2. Talc in powdered form, often combined with corn starch, is used as baby powder. This mineral is used as a thickening agent and lubricant; is an ingredient in ceramics, paint, and roofing material; and is a main ingredient in many cosmetics. It occurs as foliated to fibrous masses, and in an exceptionally rare crystal form. It has a perfect basal cleavage and an uneven flat fracture, and it is foliated with a two-dimensional platy form. The Mohs scale of mineral hardness is based on scratch …

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EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 7 February 2024 English

products. Under the public pressure that the so-called 'Talc de Morhange' scandal generated, the proposal that protection of consumers on the common market.5 The Talc de Morhange affair became one of the first health of its responsibility to prevent disasters like Talc de Morhange. Yet, the Commission adopted a format allowed in the production of cosmetics. In light of Talc de Morhange, the Parliament's verdict on the Commission


RAND Corporation · 6 February 2024 English

its network through a new teaching and learning framework: the Teaching as Collective Leadership (TALC) framework. The authors examine the efforts of two network partners to apply principles from the framework


World Bank Group · 25 January 2024 English

hectare. • Sulphur mixed with an inert material like talc (70:30) is commonly used. 0.2% Wettable sulphur


American Gas Association · 18 January 2024 English

Vol. 55, No. 03

rims and valves (TC 31) test - Part 10: Natural talc/chlorite in lamellar form, $51.00 ISO 24163-2:2024 methods and performance, test - Part 11: Natural talc, in lamellar form, containing $77.00 carbonates


American Gas Association · 18 January 2024 English

Vol. 55, No. 03

rims and valves (TC 31) test - Part 10: Natural talc/chlorite in lamellar form, $51.00 ISO 24163-2:2024 methods and performance, test - Part 11: Natural talc, in lamellar form, containing $77.00 carbonates


EWG: Environmental Working Group · 8 January 2024 English

If companies choose to list the allergens solely on their website, they must also indicate on the product package the specific ingredients that have the relevant allergenic components with an …

leave-on 5D Baby cream, oil and talc Baby cream, baby oil, and baby talc 6 Products with oral and lip exposure



EWG: Environmental Working Group · 21 December 2023 English

Listed on the 14th Report on Carcinogens as a 1-CHLORO-2,3-EPOXYPROPANE Epichlorohydrin 106898 reasonably anticipated human carcinogen List of substances prohibited in cosmetic products from Annex II of the Regulation (EC) …

Possibly carcinogenic to humans' IARC (Category TALC Talcbased body powder (perineal use of) 14807966


EWG: Environmental Working Group · 21 December 2023 English

The International Fragrance Association restricts this ingredient 2-ACETONAPHTHONE Methyl βnaphthyl ketone 93083 to a maximum concentration of 0.2% in leaveon products restriction limits in the finished product (using the IFRA …

a maximum concentration of 5% (as boric acid) in talc, but it cannot be used on peeling or irritated skin the following warning text on the label/package of talc products: 'Not to be used for children under 3 years a maximum concentration of 5% (as boric acid) in talc, but it cannot be used on peeling or irritated skin the following warning text on the label/package of talc products: 'Not to be used for children under 3 years mercury (< 1 ppm), and cadmium (< CERIA/SILICA TALC Silica, amorphous; silicate; borosilicate 7631869


EWG: Environmental Working Group · 21 December 2023 English

The ASEAN Cosmetics Association has included this on the 'List 1-NAPHTHYLAMINE 1and 2Naphthylamines and their salts 134327 of Substances which Must Not Form Part of the Composition of Cosmetic Products' …

Prohibited for use in cosmetics by IFRA TALC TALC 14807966 Talc could contain asbestos, a known human carcinogen


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