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Talcum powder used to have more asbestos fibers in it but that is strictly forbiden in the modern era. They have been finding traces of asbestos recently in some of the talcs that aren't supposed to have any so it has led to a lot of folks discontinuing use of the stuff for there baby care products. They mostly use pure corn starch now.
My own experience with lubricating anything that is used in a dirty or dusty environment has been the use of dry lubricants such as moly coat sprays or just powdered graphite. Anything that attracts dust to stick to it just forms balls of crud until all the oil in the lubricant has been leached out into that crud ball. This is sort of like sandpaper or lapping compound and it is not good for bearings or load bearing parts on a standpoint of rapid wear. This was why Ford started using covers but that practice didn't really last all that long.