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The Talc Mesothelioma Shift: What 40% Means for Your Family If you are reading this page, someone you love has been diagnosed with mesothelioma — or you have been diagnosed yourself — and you are trying to understand how this happened. Maybe you never worked in a shipyard. Maybe you never installed insulation or handled brake pads. Maybe you spent your career in an office, or at home raising children, and the doctor’s words made no sense: mesothelioma is caused by asbestos. Where would you have encountered asbestos? The answer, for a growing share of families, is a product that sat on a bathroom shelf for decades. Talcum powder. Baby powder. Cosmetic powders. Products marketed as gentle enough for infants. A consultancy that tracks more than 90% of all asbestos filings in the United States — KCIC, based in Washington, D.C. — released its 2025 Year in Review report in April 2026, and the number it found is reshaping how these cases are investigated, filed, and tried: 4 in 10 mesothelioma lawsuits filed in 2025 included a talc exposure allegation, either alongside traditional occupational asbestos exposure or as the sole source. In 2021, that figure was just 1 in 6…