I avoid it because of the smell... Dan
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Steve G <chube...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Someone just posted about talc containing asbestos fiber in the old > days...... that got me to thinking. > > I've avoided all baby powders that include talc for years due to an article > I read in Science News way back when that said that the use of talc causes > lung scarring at any age. So, that leaves baby powder made of corn starch. > > Now, my wife (perhaps all women?) is really into using baby powder. A pain > in the butt as it coats everything in the bathroom. Now I'm thinking, > well maybe she is breathing in the corn starch into her lungs. Not a > problem for most folks, but as I've posted recently, any time she consumes > food or drink that has corn starch, corn oil, corn syrup etc. she has severe > migraines for about 3 days. > > On her 'good' days, she has just regular migraines. Her last day without > a migraine was in 2006. Not much of a life. > > Now.... what if using the cornstarch style of baby powder is causing the > ongoing migraines? > > Who knows? > > > >
