Asbestos contamination in talc products is a complicated topic. Since the monumental Johnson & Johnson lawsuits over the years (which resulted in historic payouts: $4.96 billion to a group of 22 women and their families in 2018 and $966 million to a family of a woman who died from mesothelioma in October of this year) found that the company’s popular baby powder was responsible for causing cancer in many consumers, many have pushed for better regulations on an ingredient that is used in eyeshadows, face powders, blush, and other everyday products. But the fight for safe talc use took several steps back when, on November 28, 2025, the US Food & Drug Administration announced that it would withdraw its proposed rule that requires the testing of asbestos in talc-containing products.

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