A mother has revealed she is addicted to eating talcum powder – and can eat an entire 200g tub in just a day. She claims to have spent at estimated £8,000 devouring her favourite Johnson's Baby Powder, costing around £10 a week. IS EATING TALCUM POWDER POISONOUS? In July 2018 Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay £3.6billion to 22 women after they alleged the baby powder gave them ovarian cancer. Johnson & Johnson, which has battled some 9,000 legal cases involving its signature baby powder, has always refuted the claim that its talcum powder is unsafe and says it does not contain asbestos.

Source: Daily Mail January 06, 2020 13:13 UTC