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> Please pass on to as many women as possible . . . If you are a
woman > and use pads, but especially if you use tampons, read this and pass
on to > your friends (for the men receiving this email, please forward it to
your
> friends, significant others, sisters, mothers, daughters, wife,
etc.) > thanks!
>
> Check the labels of the sanitary pads or tampons that you are
going to > buy the next time, and see whether you spot any of the familiar
signs > stated in this email. No wonder so many women in the world suffer
from > cervical cancer and womb tumors. Have you heard that tampon makers
include > asbestos in tampons? Why would they do this? Because asbestos
makes you > bleed > more, if you bleed more, you're going to need to use
more.
>
> Why isn't this against the law since asbestos is so dangerous?
Because > the powers that be, in all their wisdom (not), did not consider
tampon as > being ingested, and therefore wasn't illegal or considered
dangerous.
>
> This month's Essence magazine has a small article about this and
they > mention two manufacturers of a cotton tampon alternative. The >
companies are Organic Essentials @ (800) 765-6491 and Terra Femme @>
(800)755-0212.
>
> A woman getting her Ph.D. at University of Colorado at Boulder
sent > the following:
> "I am writing this because women are not being informed about the
> dangers of something most of us use - tampons. I am taking a class this >
month > and I have been learning a lot about biology and woman, including
much > about feminine hygiene. Recently we have learned that tampons are
actually > dangerous (for other reasons than TSS). I'll tell you this, after
> learning about this in our class, most of the females wound up feeling >
angry > and upset with the tampon industry, and I for one, am going to do >
something about it. To start, I want to inform everyone I can, and email >
is
> the fastest way that I know how.
>
> HERE IS THE SCOOP:
> Tampons contain two things that are potentially harmful: Rayon
(for > absorbency), and dioxin (a chemical used in bleaching the products).
> The tampon industry is convinced that we, as women, need bleached white >
products in order to view the product as pure and clean. The problem > here
is that the dioxin produced in this bleaching process can lead to > very >
harmful problems for a woman. > Dioxin is potentially carcinogenic
(cancer-associated) and is toxic to
> the immune and reproductive systems. It has also been linked to >
endometriosis and lower sperm counts for men-for both, it breaks down the >
immune > system.
>
> Last September the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported
that > there really is no set "acceptable" level of exposure to dioxin given
> that it is cumulative and slow to disintegrate. The real danger comes from
> repeated contact (Karen Houppert "Pulling the Plug on the Tampon >
Industry").
>
> I'd say using about 4-5 tampons a day, five days a month, for >
38menstruating years is "repeated contact", wouldn't' you? Rayon >
contributes to the danger of tampons and dioxin because it is a highly > >
absorbent substance. Therefore, when fibers from the tampons are left >
behind in the vagina (as it usually occurs), it creates a breeding > ground
for the dioxin. It also stays in a lot longer than it would > with just
cotton tampons. This is also the reason why TSS (toxic shock > syndrome)
occurs.
>
> WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES?
> Using feminine hygiene products that aren't bleached and that are
all > cotton. Other feminine hygiene products (pads/napkins) contain dioxin
> as well, but they are not nearly as dangerous since they are not in
> direct contact with the vagina. The pads/napkins need to stop
being > bleached, > but obviously tampons are the most dangerous.
>
> So, what can you do if you can't give up using tampons? Use
tampons, > that are made from 100% cotton, and that are UNBLEACHED.
Unfortunately, > there are very, few companies that make these safe tampons.
They are
> usually > only found in health food stores. Countries all over the
world > (Sweden, German, British Columbia, etc.) have demanded a switch to
this > safer > tampon, while the U.S. has decided to keep us in the dark
about it. In
>
> 1989, activists in England mounted a campaign against chlorine >
bleaching. Six weeks and 50,000 letters later, the makers of sanitary >
products > switched to oxygen bleaching (one of the green > methods
available). (MS magazine, May/June 1995).
>
* WHAT TO DO NOW:
* Tell people. Everyone. Inform them. We are being > manipulated by
this industry and the government, let's do something > about it! Please
write to the companies: Tampax (Tambrands), Playtex, > O.B., > Kotex. Call
the 800 numbers listed on the boxes. Let them know that we > demand > a safe
product - ALL COTTON UNBLEACHED TAMPONS.
>
> Reminder:
>
> P/S. : In order not to lose the impact of this email, it is
suggested > that anyone who want to forward to your friends, PLEASE copy
this mail > and paste to a NEW message. This way will not distort the whole
message > with all the forward arrows. Please do this with consideration and
> seriousness.
>
> Thanks
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