Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the central nervous system, meaning it affects the brain and spinal cord. In the most common type (known as relapsing remitting MS), symptoms come and go. These can run the gamut from mild tingling to more severe vision loss. However, MS is tricky.
Letâs take a well-known ingredient that is in a ton of foods, makeup, skincare, powders, and medicineâ¦ talc. What is talc? According to the Cancer Prevention Coalition, âTalc is a mineral, produced by the mining of talc rocks and then processed by crushing, drying and milling. Processing eliminates a number of trace minerals from the talc, but does not separate minute fibers which are very similar to asbestos.â 1
The mineral talc is very soft and has a hardness of 1. Dia-mond is the hardest known mineral and has a hardness of 10. Your fingernail has a hardness of 2Â½, so any mineral that you can scratch has a hardness less than 2Â½, and any mineral that scratches your finger-nail has a har dness greater than 2Â½.