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Powder to Ponder - Letters to the Editor
May 30, 2016 | The New York Times
By Roni Caryn Rabin
...When my son was born in 1980, my wise pediatrician knew of the possible risks of using baby powder/talc and suggested using cornstarch for my son.
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Powder to Ponder - Letters to the Editor
May 30, 2016 | The New York Times
By Roni Caryn Rabin
TO THE EDITOR:
Re “Lawsuits Over Baby Powder Raise Questions About Cancer Risk” (Science Times, May 24): A good alternative to use instead of Johnson’s Baby Powder, which has talcum powder in it, is plain, unadulterated cornstarch — an all natural product. When my son was born in 1980, my wise pediatrician knew of the possible risks of using baby powder/talc and suggested using cornstarch for my son.
Barbara. R. Shernoff, Brooklyn
TO THE EDITOR:
The risk for ovarian cancer is low, so even if the risk is doubled, it is still low risk. Suppose there is a 1-in-1,000 risk of getting ovarian cancer which is increased to 2 in 1000 for adult women who strangely are putting talcum powder on their genitals every day. If one of them gets ovarian cancer, you still can’t prove that the talcum powder caused that particular case.
Donna, Boise, Idaho, Posted to Nytimes.com
The reporter Roni Caryn Rabin responds:
Ovarian cancer is not as rare as you think. According to the American Cancer Society, a woman’s risk of developing ovarian cancer in her lifetime is one in 75, and the risk of dying of ovarian cancer is one in 100. Ovarian cancer ranks fifth in cancer deaths among women, accounting for more deaths than any other cancer of the female reproductive system. About 22,280 women will be found to have ovarian cancer this year and 14,240 will die of ovarian cancer, according to the cancer society.
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