Dr. George Tidmarsh, physician, scientist, and biotech CEO, joins Jerry Rogers on "The Business of America" podcast to ...

T he U.S. FDA will convene a panel of scientific experts on May 20 to discuss the "safety and necessity" of talc as an additive in food, drugs, and cosmetics.

Your editorial “The FDA Takes a Trial-Lawyer Turn” (May 21) criticizes the Food and Drug Administration for convening an expert panel to explore whether talc is a potential carcinogen. You ...

The FDA's proposed rule would require manufacturers test samples of talc-containing cosmetic products for asbestos with methods including polarized light and transmission electron microscopy ...

But talc is still prevalent in food and drugs, FDA officials said during a panel discussion on May 20. “Talc is in candy that children eat. It’s in food,” FDA commissioner Marty Makary said.

The FDA may be poised to ban talc as an ingredient in the products it regulates, including foods, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. The agency convened what it called an expert panel on talc on May ...

In its proposed rule, the FDA would require manufacturers to test a sample of each batch of a talc-containing cosmetic product for asbestos by using methods such as polarized light and ...

Despite what critics might claim about supposed “cuts” to scientific research under the Trump administration, what we are seeing now with the FDA’s talc inquiry is how government should ...

Read more: Reviewing the Safety of our Foods and Drugs: An Urgent Need for a Comprehensive Reevaluation by FDA of Talc in The American Food and Drug Supply. Dr. George F. Tidmarsh, co-author of ...

The U.S. FDA will convene a panel of scientific experts on May 20 to discuss the "safety and necessity" of talc as an additive in food, drugs, and cosmetics.