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Subject: Important to Know
Please pass this 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 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 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 tampons
as being ingested, and, therefore,
didn't consider them illegal or
dangerous.
This month's Essence magazine has small
article about this and
they mention two manufacturers of a
cotton tampon alternative. The
companies are: 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 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 women,
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,
which is 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 sexes, 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 Couppert
"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
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, Germany, 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.
Please do this with consideration and
seriousness. T
Subject: Important to Know
Please pass this 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 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 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 tampons
as being ingested, and, therefore,
didn't consider them illegal or
dangerous.
This month's Essence magazine has small
article about this and
they mention two manufacturers of a
cotton tampon alternative. The
companies are: 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 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 women,
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,
which is 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 sexes, 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 Couppert
"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
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, Germany, 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.
Please do this with consideration and
seriousness. T
