① Impuphu ye-talc ingavikela isikhumba kanye nolwelwesi lwamafinyila. Ngenxa yobukhulu bayo obuncane bezinhlayiya kanye nendawo enkulu iyonke, i-talc powder ingamunca inani elikhulu lezinto ezicasulayo zamakhemikhali noma ubuthi. Ngakho-ke, uma isakazeka ebusweni bezicubu ezivuvukile noma ezonakele, i-talc powder ingaba nomphumela wokuvikela. Uma ithathwa ngomlomo, i-talc powder ayikwazi nje ukuvikela i-mucosa yamathumbu evuvukile, kodwa futhi ivimbele ukumuncwa kobuthi endleleni yamathumbu. I-Talc ayiyona ingozi ngokuphelele, esiswini, e-rectum, esithweni sangasese sowesifazane ingabangela i-granuloma.

② Umphumela wokulwa namagciwane wempuphu ye-talc unqunywa ngendlela yepuleti. I-medium equkethe i-10% talc powder yayinomphumela wokuvimbela i-typhoid bacillus kanye ne-paratyphoid A. Indlela yephepha yayinomphumela omncane wokulwa namagciwane ku-meningococci.