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Doc Talk: The tell-all on talc’s cancer risk
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Talc is the softest mineral known to man and can be mined from the earth’s crust. One of its useful properties is that it can absorb moisture and odours.
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Wong Seng Weng
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SINGAPORE – Have you ever sprinkled talcum powder on your child during nappy change? I know I have and, in all likelihood, so have many of you.
We may have unwittingly sprinkled a probable carcinogen on our kids, so said the World Health Organisation (WHO).
