Hundreds of bottles of baby powder were recalled due to potential exposure to asbestos.
A nationwide recall has been issued for hundreds of bottles of Dynacare baby powder due to potential asbestos contamination.The recall, which was announced Thursday, includes 62 cases of the baby powder produced by Dynarex Corporation. The affected items were produced under batch number B051 and were sent to distributors on or after March 11 in 12 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Washington and Wisconsin.
'According to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry , long-term exposure to asbestos minerals can lead to diseases, including asbestosis, pleural disease, lung cancer and mesothelioma—a type of lung cancer that can emerge decades after asbestos exposure.In addition to occasionally being found in minerals like talc, asbestos is still present in some old homes and buildings, according to the ATSDR.
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