U.S. House Subcommittee Schedules Public Hearing on Health Risks of Carcinogens in Consumer Products

WASHINGTON –– The U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy has scheduled a public hearing to examine the public health risks of carcinogens in consumer products, at which time it will look at the scientific evidence of health risks from long-term use of consumer products containing talc and federal regulatory framework over consumer products.

The hearing will take place on Tuesday, March 12 at 10:00 a.m., according to the notice.

The notice explained that on March 5, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration confirmed that it had detected asbestos in samples collected from Claire’s and …