Talc, whats it for ?
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Read this,
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44816805
Terrible that those women have cancer and the payouts are enormous, but what is Talc actually for, can safely say I have never used it, think we had some when the kids were little but I cant remember using it ?
Why would anyone needs to cover their body with a fine, chalky powder, do they have a Moth fetish ?
Is it to get dry as I find a towel does that adequately ? is it to smell nice, surely after a bath or shower you should smell right enough anyway ?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44816805
Terrible that those women have cancer and the payouts are enormous, but what is Talc actually for, can safely say I have never used it, think we had some when the kids were little but I cant remember using it ?
Why would anyone needs to cover their body with a fine, chalky powder, do they have a Moth fetish ?
Is it to get dry as I find a towel does that adequately ? is it to smell nice, surely after a bath or shower you should smell right enough anyway ?
Always associated it with babies tbh, never something I've used myself.
That said, I remember going swimming with my dad in the very late 70's/early 80's and seem to recall the blokes in the changing room throwing the stuff all over themselves. Don't see that nowadays for some reason.
That said, I remember going swimming with my dad in the very late 70's/early 80's and seem to recall the blokes in the changing room throwing the stuff all over themselves. Don't see that nowadays for some reason.
OzzyR1 said:
Always associated it with babies tbh, never something I've used myself.
That said, I remember going swimming with my dad in the very late 70's/early 80's and seem to recall the blokes in the changing room throwing the stuff all over themselves. Don't see that nowadays for some reason.
It was used in the days before spray deodorant was a thing.That said, I remember going swimming with my dad in the very late 70's/early 80's and seem to recall the blokes in the changing room throwing the stuff all over themselves. Don't see that nowadays for some reason.
matthias73 said:
Soldiers find it indispensable for cleaning their horrible sweaty or drenched feet with. Keeps the feet dry and therefore healthy.
I've also used it on my groin when in very hot places where odds of washing are nill.
This. In lieu of antiperspirant (tough finding a Superdrug in the deepest depths of a desert) it gets used on pits, bits, and feet to keep dry and a bit more comfortable than you otherwise would be. It is (or at least used to be) a checkable item in a soldier's personal kit, right up there with a razor and your weapon cleaning kit.I've also used it on my groin when in very hot places where odds of washing are nill.
It makes a huge difference to comfort and health in hot or wet climates. If you're issued 5 pairs of socks, and are on exercise for 3 weeks with no hope of access to laundry facilities, using talcum powder to "freshen up" socks and underwear is the only viable solution really. Speaking as someone who wore the same pair of trousers for two months, and resorted to scraping the filth off the thighs with a jack-knife to retain some semblance of breathability. Clean clothes and a shower were something you dreamt about, and only existed a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away...
...I hadn't even owned a bottle of talc for about the last 6 years, but bought one because I was fed up with instantly sweaty feet as soon as put my foot in a shoe in the current hot weather. Drives the wife mad though, when I swap from shoes to slippers and leave a talcum powder footprint on the slate floor in the kitchen, but the fact that the talc is still powdery enough to dust the floor proves that it does a great job of keeping feet dry...
J4CKO said:
Read this,
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44816805
Terrible that those women have cancer and the payouts are enormous, but what is Talc actually for, can safely say I have never used it, think we had some when the kids were little but I cant remember using it ?
Why would anyone needs to cover their body with a fine, chalky powder, do they have a Moth fetish ?
Is it to get dry as I find a towel does that adequately ? is it to smell nice, surely after a bath or shower you should smell right enough anyway ?
Talc is used to adsorb moisture, so its primary use is for babies' nappies. You'll also find it used by weightlifters to prevent their hands becoming sweaty. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44816805
Terrible that those women have cancer and the payouts are enormous, but what is Talc actually for, can safely say I have never used it, think we had some when the kids were little but I cant remember using it ?
Why would anyone needs to cover their body with a fine, chalky powder, do they have a Moth fetish ?
Is it to get dry as I find a towel does that adequately ? is it to smell nice, surely after a bath or shower you should smell right enough anyway ?
The problem with the Johnson and Johnson case was that it was allegedly contaminated with asbestos which is known to be cancerous. Talc itself is quite safe.
J4CKO said:
I wonder if they will still sell it if it cost them 3.7 billion quid ?
From my (admittedly hurried) reading of it, it was never conclusively proven that J&J's talcum powder was contaminated with asbestos (evidence suggested) but the stuff tested from 2009 onwards is confirmed to be free of it. So they're still going to sell it as it's an absolute gold mine for them. One of the things they make for pennies but sell for pounds.
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