ok, i got this from a friend and you can read it and make up your own decisions. just trying to help out...
> 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 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 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 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 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.
> REMINDER:
> In order not to lose the impact of this email, I
> suggest that anyone who
> wants to forward it to your friends, PLEASE copy
> this mail and paste it
> 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!
>
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> 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 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 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 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 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.
> REMINDER:
> In order not to lose the impact of this email, I
> suggest that anyone who
> wants to forward it to your friends, PLEASE copy
> this mail and paste it
> 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!
>
Posting of chain letters is essentially SPAM. This also how rumors get started. Please be more careful when posting .
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