Hallo thelilsolidier, yang nggak aman talc nya. Partikel2nya nggak aman buat paru2 (source: Jo Frost's Confident Baby Care, or Google it: "talc powder" bisa dapet info lengkapnya).
Salah satu website:
http://parenting.ivillage.com/baby/bsafety/0,,3q5k,00.html
.......So, clearly
talc can cause pneumonia, inflammation (or swelling) of the airways of babies, and even death. But what about cancer? When the link to asbestos and cancer came to light, it was noticed that a lot of the exposure to asbestos was accompanied by other inhalable fibers and dust including talc. However, a specific link to talc exposure and lung cancer has not been established. On the other hand, there has been some interesting research into a possible link of talc to ovarian cancer.
Yang dari Wikipedia:
Safety
Several studies have established preliminary links between
talc and pulmonary issues,[6] lung cancer,[7][8] skin cancer and ovarian cancer.[9] This is a major concern considering talc's widespread commercial and household use. In 1993, a US National Toxicology Program report found that cosmetic grade talc caused tumours in rats (animal testing) forced to inhale talc for 6 hours a day, five days a week over at least 113 weeks, even though it contained no asbestos-like fibres.[7] Scientists have been aware of the toxicity of talc since the late 1960s, and in 1971 researchers found particles of talc embedded in 75% of the ovarian tumors studied.[10] However, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considers non-asbestiform talc, that is, talc which does not contain potentially carcinogenic asbestiform amphibole fibers, to be generally recognized as safe (GRAS) for use in cosmetics. [11]
Buat diapered areas, saya kadang selingi pakai ointment atau creme, tapi kadang powder paling nyaman buat bayinya juga, nggak gerah. Yang Burt's Bees itu dari corn starch... saya sampai mikir apa pakai tepung maizena atau tepung beras aja ya... (tepung maizena nggak jadi dah, pasti lengket hehe).
Ada pilihan lain nggak ya di Indo, buat yang talc free? Masak mesti ndatengin dari luar ya..., ribet sekali :(
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