Jeris Barber Talc
Product Description
Jeris is a line of barber-shop grooming products including body powder and hair products that was widely used in professional barbershops during the asbestos era. Like other barber-shop talc products of the period, Jeris was applied heavily to customers using brushes and puffs that aerosolized the talc powder at the barber’s face level during each application.
Jeris products are associated with American International Industries (AII) and have been named in asbestos talc litigation alongside other barber-shop and cosmetic talc brands from the same ownership chain.
Asbestos Contamination
Jeris talc sourced from deposits contaminated with naturally occurring asbestos fiber — predominantly tremolite and anthophyllite — which are geologically co-mingled with talc in Vermont, Italian, and other mine deposits used for cosmetic-grade talc during the asbestos era.
Whittaker Clark & Daniels — a major industrial and cosmetic talc distributor — has been named as a supply-side defendant in Jeris and related barber-shop talc cases, documenting the talc supply chain from mine to finished product.
Named in Talc Litigation
Per public records, American International Industries and Whittaker Clark & Daniels are named as defendants in cosmetic talc litigation involving Clubman, Jeris, Cashmere Bouquet and Jean Nate products. Whittaker Clark & Daniels is identified in those records as a supplier of industrial-grade talc to cosmetic manufacturers. No verdict, settlement amount or case outcome is cited here.
How Barbers Were Exposed
Professional barbers who used Jeris powder products applied the talc repeatedly throughout each workday using bristle brushes and powder puffs — techniques that create visible dust clouds at face level. Barbers who practiced for 20 or more years accumulated substantial cumulative occupational exposure to cosmetic talc products.
See also
- Clubman Pinaud Talc (AII)
- Cashmere Bouquet (Colgate-Palmolive)
- Jean Nate Talc (Revlon/Charles of the Ritz)
References reflect what has been alleged or documented in publicly filed asbestos litigation. This information does not constitute a finding of fact or liability.