My mom (was is a nurse) was adamant that I avoid it when I had my first child 10 years ago.
Original "baby" powders contained asbestos, which is a well known carcinogen and has been identified as such for some time. Although your run of the mill grocery store shelfed stocked powders been asbestos free for 40ish years now the safety of even asbestos free "baby" powders is still hotly debated.
Some studies have definitely indicated an increase in risk of certain cancers, particularly in the lungs due to the potential inhalant factor and also in the reproductive organs of girls and women.
I never used it on my kids and I won't use it in my daycare, not only for the kids sake but the impact I believe it could have on my health long term as well. Breathing in the particles day after day for what could shape up to be decades of work in this field I may as well be a guinea pig to the product.
No thanks lol
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerc...der-and-cancer
"Based on limited evidence from human studies, IARC classifies the perineal (genital) use of talc-based body powder as "possibly carcinogenic to humans"."
http://www.preventcancer.com/consume...etics/talc.htm