Let’s take a well-known ingredient that is in a ton of foods, makeup, skincare, powders, and medicine… talc. What is talc? According to the Cancer Prevention Coalition, “Talc is a mineral, produced by the mining of talc rocks and then processed by crushing, drying and milling. Processing eliminates a number of trace minerals from the talc, but does not separate minute fibers which are very similar to asbestos.” 1