If you are a woman and use pads, but especially if you use
> tampons, readthis and pass it on to your friends. For the
> men receiving this email,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 tobuy the next time and see whether you spot any
> of the familiar signsstated in this email.
>
> No wonder so many women in the world suffer from cervical
> cancer andwomb tumors. Have you heard that tampon makers
> include asbestos intampons? Why would they do this?
>
> Because asbestos makes you bleed more, if you bleed more,
> you're goingto need to use more. Why isn't this
> against the law since asbestos is sodangerous? Because the
> powers that be, in all their wisdom (not), didnot consider
> tampons as being ingested, and, therefore, didn't
> considerthem illegal or dangerous.
> This month's Essence magazine has small article about
> this and theymention two manufacturers of a cotton tampon
> alternative. The companiesare: Organic Essentials @1-800)
> 765-6491 and Terra Femme @ (800)755-0212 .
>
> A woman getting her Ph.D. at University of Colorado at
> Boulder sent thefollowing: 'I am writing this because
> women are not being informed aboutthe dangers of something
> most of us use: tampons. I am taking a classthis month and I
> have been learning a lot about biology and women,including
> much about feminine hygiene. Recently we have learned
> thattampons are actually dangerous (for other reasons than
> TSS). I'll tellyou this - after learning about this in
> our class, most of the females
> wound up feeling angry and upset with the tampon industry,
> and I forone, am going to do something about it To start, I
> want to informeveryone I can, and email is the fastest way
> that I know how
>
> HERE ! IS THE SCOOP:
> Tampons contain two things that are potentially harmf ul:
> Rayon (forabsorbency) , and dioxin (a chemical used in
> bleaching the products). Thetampon industry is convinced
> that we, as women, need bleached whiteproducts in order to
> view the product as pure and clean. The problemhere is that
> the dioxin, which is produced in this bleaching process,can
> lead to very harmful problems for a woman. Dioxin is
> potentiallycarcinog enic cancer-associated) and is toxic to
> the immune andreproductive systems. It has also been linked
> to endometriosis and lowersperm counts for men. For both
> sexes, it breaks down the immune system.
>
> Last September, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
> reported thatthere really is no set 'acceptable'
> level of exposure to dioxin giventhat it is cumulative and
> slow to disintegrate. The real danger comesfrom repeated
> contact Karen Couppert 'Pulling the Plug on the
> TamponIndustry' ). I'd say using about 4-5 tampons a
> day, five days a month,for 38 menstruating years is
> 'repeated contact', wouldn't y! ou?
> Rayoncontributes to the danger of tampons and dioxin because
> it is a highly
> absorbent substance. Therefore, when fibers from the
> tampons are leftbehind in the vagina (as usually occurs), it
> creates a breeding groundfor the dioxin. It also stays in a
> lot longer than it would with justcotton 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 allcotton. Other feminine hygiene
> products(pads/ napkins) contain dioxin as well, but they are
> not nearly asdangerous since they are not in direct contact
> with the vagina. Thepads/napkins need to stop being
> bleached, but, obviously, tampons arethe most dangerous.
>
> So, what can you do if you can't give up using tampons?
> Use tampons thatare made from 100% cotton, and that are
> UNBLEACHED. Unfortunately, thereare very few compani! es
> that make these safe tampons. They are usually
> only found in health food stores.
>
> Countries all over the world ( Sweden , Germany , British
> Columbia , etc.)have demanded a switch to this safer tampon,
> while the U.S. has decidedto keep us in the dark about it.
> In 1989, activists in England mounted acampaign 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 thisindustry and the government, let's do
> something about it! Please writeto the companies:
> Tampax(Tambrands) , Playtex, O.B., Kotex. Call the 800numbers
> listed on the boxes. Let them know that we demand a safe
> product
> ALL COTTON UNBLEACHED TAMPONS.
>
> AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO USE SANITARY NAPKINS/PADS:
>
> IF u ever wondered what were the ingredients that made
> popular brands so
> 'free! and light and carefree', well here's the
> bit:
>
> The material that makes the pad so paper THIN, is cellulose
> gel. YEap,
> it's not even cotton!!!!!!
>
>
> DO NOT wear the same pad for more than 3 hours of a
> maximum!!! After
> this duration, the genital area is prone to bacterial
> action and may
> result in cervical cancer or other complications! !!!!!!!!!
>
> REMEMBER! NEVER NEVER NEVER WEAR THE SAME PAD FOR MORE THAN
> 3 HOURS!!!!
>
> SO yes, please pass on this message to as many women as
> possible and
> save lives!!!!!!! !!!
>
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