Guest guest Posted February 17, 2002 Report Share Posted February 17, 2002 David Icke Medical Archiveshttp://www.davidicke.net/medicalarchives/badmed/tampon.html Dioxin And Asbestos In Tampons From Bruce Chesley From NewsHawk Inc 2-8-00 If you use pads, but especially if you use tampons read this and pass onto your friends (for the men receiving this email, please forward it to your friends, significant others, sisters, mothers, daughters, etc.). Thanks! 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 @ 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 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 ds/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, 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. a.. Submit a file for consideration for inclusion in this archive b.. 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Guest guest Posted February 17, 2002 Report Share Posted February 17, 2002 - " Elaine " <mem121 <Undisclosed-Recipient:@usermail.com;> Sunday, February 17, 2002 2:09 AM Dioxin And Asbestos In Tampons > David Icke Medical Archiveshttp://www.davidicke.net/medicalarchives/badmed/tampon.html > Based upon the " information " from webpage quoted, I would distrust all material on the whole site. This is a rather old urban legend. Essence magazine, by the way, says it never ran such an article. See snip below & URL for full text. Alobar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tampons do not contain asbestos! The claims about residual dioxin in tampons may be debatable, but the claims about asbestos are pure hogwash. Tampons do not contain asbestos and never have. No research has been published anywhere to even suggest it. http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/aa111898.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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