I'm just glad my tax money
allows poison to be placed in cribs,
while we put kids in cages

This is exactly why a gave up eating crayons in the 90's.

That's the reason my Mom switched from Talcum powder to Cornstarch. The cancer link.

Apparently many crayon manufacturers also changed formulations after they found out that talc has trace asbestos content.

I never heard about that link. It's interesting - especially as we often added crayons to candles in the 70s (it was a project for kids and teens). Gees.

Asbestos? Crayons contain talc, which can be contaminated with traces of asbestos as talc and asbestos deposits tend to be found together. [en.wikipedia.org]