Product Description
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Colgate-Palmolive Company’s Cashmere Bouquet cosmetic talcum powder — one of the best-selling body-and-face powders in the United States from the late 19th century through the mid-1980s — was allegedly contaminated with tremolite and anthophyllite asbestos entering the product through the raw mineral talc supply chain. The contamination theory holds that asbestiform amphibole fibers were geologically co-located with the commercial talc deposits mined for Cashmere Bouquet (Italian, Vermont, and other sources over the product’s history), and that Colgate-Palmolive allegedly failed to adequately screen, test, or warn consumers regarding amphibole contamination in the finished cosmetic powder.
Cashmere Bouquet was marketed for daily body-dusting, facial application, and perineal use, meaning end-user consumers allegedly inhaled airborne fibers with every application.
Workers Exposed and Household Consumers
- Women applying Cashmere Bouquet daily — perineal use, body dusting, face powder — the primary consumer-inhalation population
- Cosmetologists and salon workers applying Cashmere Bouquet to clients
- Household contact exposure — spouses, children, and other family members in the same bathroom or bedroom during application
- Retail cosmetics-counter clerks demonstrating and dispensing the product
- Colgate-Palmolive production-line workers at the talc-blending and packaging facilities
If You Used Cashmere Bouquet Talcum Powder
If you or a family member used Colgate-Palmolive Cashmere Bouquet talcum powder over years or decades and were later diagnosed with mesothelioma, ovarian cancer, or another asbestos-related disease, publicly filed cosmetic-talc litigation has established Cashmere Bouquet as a recognized consumer talc defendant.
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