Dear rekan netters,
saya dapat email seperti ini, ini hoax chain letter bukan sih?
Ada yg pernah dapat? Sepertinya dulu ada bahasan ttg penggunaan diaper,
yang katanya bisa bikin mandul, apa spt ini juga?
Thx.
Quinike
This is some disturbing information that should be shared. It definitely
deserves further investigation. Please continue to forward to women you
know and to men so that they can forward to women they know as well. If
this is true, something needs to be done.
PADS
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 e-mail, please forward it
to your friends, significant others, sisters, mothers,
daughters, 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
e-mail. 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 tampons 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 e-mail 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 38 menstruating 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 e-mail, I
suggest that anyone who want to forward to your
friends, PLEASE copy this mail and paste to a NEW
message. That way it will not distort the whole
message with all the forward arrows. Please do this
with consideration and seriousness. Thanks!
Fiona Scott Department of Forensic Psychiatry
Institute of Psychiatry
De Crespigny Park London SE5 8AF
Tel: 020 7848 0917
Fax: 020 7848 0921
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