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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Shoa Ehsani)
Sun Mar 26 22:30:41 2000
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Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 22:33:29 -0500
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From: Shoa Ehsani <ehsani@MIT.EDU>
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Kindly remove me from the peace-list email list
Shoa Ehsani
At 03:09 PM 3/16/00 , J Sam Arey wrote:
>
>Peace,
>
>Asbestos in tampons is anything but a ridiculous claim.
>
>Tampons were invented in the 30's, and were considered a miracle convenience
>for women. The history of industry should give all women impetus to take
>very seriously any information they might find about potential dangers of
>materials in tampons.
>
>Laurie Garrett has written a highly respected book called "The Coming
>Plague," in which she meticulously documents the history of the tampon
>industry as related to women's health (see Chapter: Feminine Hygiene (As
>Debated, Mostly, by Men), 1995).
>
>Asbestos, polyurethane, and organic alcohol polymers were used in tampons
>for a long time, even though they were demonstrated to cause lesions,
>lacerations and infections in lab tests. The Tampon industry has continually
>refuted the idea that any materials it ever put in tampons could ever cause
>any health effects, in many cases when the evidence was overwhelmingly
>against them. Many women suffered as a result of the industry's battling
>against efforts to improve the safety of the design and composition of
>tampons for a long time.
>
>If I used tampons, I would take it seriously if someone suggested that the
>industry was making tampons that made me bleed more, or gave me healthy
>problems, or led to my early demise. The tampon industry has hidden and
>denied just such evidence on a systematic basis in the past. It's well
>documented. Why should it be any different today?
>
>sam
>
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