Thing is people have been using talcum powder for many many centuries. It's just ground up rock... The thing is when you gather something from nature there wil

Thing is people have been using talcum powder for many many centuries. It's just ground up rock... The thing is when you gather something from nature there will be naturally contamination. The claim is about asbestos being in the talc powder which is also a rock... The thing is asbestos can occur naturally in and dirt all around the world. There are some places even in the US where dust storms are more dangerous just because this fact. Here's just a short memo about naturally occurring asbestos. https://ncceh.ca/sites/default/files/Naturally_occurring_asbestos_outdoor_setting-Feb_2018.pdf https://ncceh.ca/sites/default/files/Naturally_occurring_asb... I am not saying J&J should get off scotch free if they knew some sources of talc they were using had high levels of asbestos. However, I am gonna say it's not surprising that there may be some contamination. Moreover that's just one form of natural occurring contamination. There other minerals that naturally occur that also are unwanted contaminates such as heavy metals and so forth. What matters is are the contaminants reasonable low for a naturally sourced product since it's not possible to have zero contamination.