Talc and Health
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the National Toxicity Program (NTP), the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), the American Congress of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) or the European Community DG XI – work group
DO NOT DECLARE TALC AS THE CARCINOGEN BEING KNOWN OR INVESTIGATED
In industrial situations, if the talc powder is improperly being processed, it can produce dust. As in all kinds of dust, the quantity and duration of inhalation specifies the level of the threat to health.
The extensive investigations have showed that the talc exercises no poisonous effect, but so-called "inert" dusty phenomenon. It means that the dust from talc is not harmful more than the usual dust.
We, however, do not encounter it in Gemerska Poloma. The process of talc processing is 100%-closed and it is transported in cisterns.