Response to letters regarding “Occupational exposures to cosmetic talc and risk of mesothelioma: an updated pooled cohort and statistical power analysis with consideration of latency period”

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Disclosure statement

All of the authors are employed by Cardno ChemRisk, a consulting firm that provides scientific advice to the government, corporations, law firms, and various scientific/professional organizations. GMM is also Professor of Biostatistics and Director, Center for Occupational Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health. This response was prepared and written exclusively by the authors. No organizations other than Cardno ChemRisk were aware of the preparation of this response, and no other organizations other than Cardno ChemRisk reviewed any part of this response prior to its submission for publication. Two of the authors (BLF, GMM) have served as defense experts in cosmetic talc-related litigation.