Successor Release Gate
The v0.1.1 successor release contains 165 evidence records, preserving the frozen 155-record v0.1.0 boundary and adding ten source-revalidated revision-lineage records. Five original HOLD claims remain excluded or status-only. Qualified claims retain adjacent source, scope, limitation, and does-not-establish fields.
Correction Protocol
Documentary source leads must provide an evidence ID, stable official or scholarly URL, precise locator, and proposed correction. Reviewed claims are corrected, qualified, superseded, held, or excluded by source strength. Accepted changes are dated and published through the release manifest and update feeds.
Post-Release Research Update — August 29, 2026
New primary records reviewed after the first release are reported here without silently changing the cited v0.1.0 dataset, its 155-record count, downloads, evidence explorer, or Zenodo DOI.
- EPA RIN 2070-AL21: projected 2027 proposal and 2028 final rule dates do not waive statutory deadlines.
- OSHA Federal Register Document 2026-14840: limited reopening for ACCSH materials closed August 21, 2026; it does not alter PELs or monitoring triggers.
- Johnson & Johnson v. Monroe, No. A26A0410: an appellate procedural decision affirming a new-trial order, not a final plaintiff verdict or causation finding.
- Sister Study, PMID 42578967: no statistically significant overall association between personal talc use and incident lung cancer; it is not a mesothelioma, contamination, ovarian-cancer, or occupational finding.
Comprehensive Research Refresh — September 4, 2026
These verified sources supplement the dated August 29 update. They do not change the v0.1.0 download, explorer, 155-record count, or Zenodo DOI; any claim-level dataset addition remains subject to the v0.1.1 release gate.
- EPA Part 2 asbestos evaluation page, updated August 19, 2026, describes legacy uses, additional fiber types, and conditions of use of asbestos-containing talc and identifies docket EPA-HQ-OPPT-2025-0036 for information gathering. This is regulatory status, not a finding about a named consumer product or individual causation.
- FDA’s talc page states that the agency withdrew its December 2024 proposed standardized-testing rule effective November 28, 2025, while stating that it would issue a proposed rule to meet its MoCRA obligation. Withdrawal does not resolve testing-method or product-safety questions.
- Yang et al., PMID 41564430 reports laboratory methods for prepared talc/anthophyllite and talc/tremolite mixtures; it is not commercial-product testing or a prevalence estimate.
- Seyyedsalehi et al., PMID 41967769 reports no supported increased lung, mesothelioma, or laryngeal-cancer risk among workers described as exposed to asbestos-free talc. The conclusion is limited to asbestos-free talc and does not answer contamination-specific questions.
- Seyyedsalehi et al., PMID 42192949 reports divergent pooled case-control and cohort results for genital talc use and ovarian cancer, states that the evidence does not conclusively establish causation, and discloses litigation-consulting relationships. It does not establish asbestos contamination.
- Johnson & Johnson’s July 27, 2026 release announced a proposed ovarian-talc resolution conditioned on stated participation criteria and described a $5.5 billion commitment. This is a company statement, not a neutral court finding; underlying court materials remain in the research queue.
Procedural Case Review — Pecos River Talc v. Emory
In Pecos River Talc LLC v. Emory, No. 4:24-cv-75, ECF No. 164 (E.D. Va. Aug. 19, 2026), the court denied the plaintiff’s partial-summary-judgment motion, granted the defendants’ motion, and entered judgment for defendants because the plaintiff did not create a genuine dispute of material fact on actual malice under the applicable clear-and-convincing standard.
This procedural trade-libel decision does not decide the truth or scientific validity of the challenged article, asbestos content of a product, individual causation, or liability for another claim or party. The linked source is an accessible mirror of the docketed order, not a representation that the mirror is an official court docket: Pecos River Talc LLC v. Emory, ECF No. 164.