I think you mean that there exist baby powders which use talc, and there exist talc mines contaminated with asbestos, so there exist some (not all) baby powders that contain(ed?) asbestos.
of course, how to know what does and does not is unclear.
As declaredapple said: talc and asbestos grow together in many mines.
So it’s difficult to say that any talc is safe without testing or knowing provenance.
It’s disappointing (but not surprising) to see your comment downvoted. And all the diminishing comments.
Yes, cigarettes are dangerous, but those I’ve known that were exposed to asbestos and died (horribly) from it never smoked.
There are entire communities in the US that used asbestos in sidewalks and playgrounds.
Companies like Johns Manville dumped it by the truckloads onto playgrounds. People spread it over sidewalks and driveways and drive-in theater parking lots, sprayed water to harden it. That stuff was the definition of frangible. Kids played in it when it was dumped, played on it when it hardened. People reminisce about the powder, falling like snow, from the factories, and wiping it from their cars.
In the 90s, EPA officials showed up in hazmat suits, ripping up sidewalks and driveways and basketball courts. The company responsible created a fund for victims, went bankrupt, and now is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway .
“Lung cancer” shows up prominently in the obituaries in those towns many years later. And the billboards in those areas are dominated by meso ambulance chasers (it’s good money for the lawyers and the victims’ families can be strung along, many reports of “penny checks”).
It’s an environmental disaster we should learn from and not repeat, but I don’t have a lot of hope reading this thread.
