Re: TAMPON DANGERS-CARCINOGENS
From: Barbara (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 23 Oct 1998 09:58:16 -0500 (CDT)
Dear Tracy,
I must ask you nicel to end this discusion about Tampons and weather or
not they should be used. I do not like the way you are going with this
and I can not allow you to continue. The physicians that have responded
have giving Their Opinion and we will let it rest there.
I used Tampons for most of my life and I am still sitting here. Make up
your own mind and do what you think is rightfor you.
This forum is Not the place to bring up off the wall ssubjects and I
must ask you to end it.
This has been quite a week on the WHF and I for one will be glad when
the full moon is over!
Barbara
At Fri, 23 Oct 1998, Tracy wrote:
>
>We've heard from two doctors on this subject, claiming that concern
>about dangerous chemicals in tampons, which sit in direct contact with
>some of our most sensitive skin, is "bunk". They do not seem to dispute
>that tampons are manufactured using toxins like dioxin (which is an
>indisputably proven fact), nor that these toxins have been demonstrated
>in various applications, to cause grave physiological harm. There may
>not yet be studies demonstrating that tampons deliver these chemicals
>into a woman's system in a harmful manner - but it is a reasonable
>suspicion that should be impartially tested before it is dismissed.
>
>Dioxin also has a proven link with endometriosis, which can cause
>terrible, sometimes disabling pain, infertility, etc. And doctors have
>long been advocating hysterectomy to eliminate the hormones that help
>endometriosis to grow - while it has recently been discovered that the
>endo implants release their own hormones. I'd like to point out that we
>are only now learning about the harm that even trace amounts of
>chemicals in the environment are causing - possibly an increase in
>allergies, cancers, etc. - and are beginning to prove some theories
>that only 20 years ago were considered bunk. Also, doctors have not
>always been vigilant in protecting their female patients' health - look
>at the terrible medicines they've given women that caused hideous birth
>defects and other problems - and it was doctors that placed the Dalkon
>Shields.
>
>In the meantime, it is not unreasonable for women to protect themselves
>by avoiding tampon use or using chemical-free tampons. Nor is it
>unreasonable for a woman to consider this information and make an
>informed decision that the convenience of tampons justifies the risk for
>her.
>
>These doctors are saying that the tampon post demonstrates that you
>can't believe everything you see on the internet - it also demonstrates
>that you can't believe everything a doctor says, nor can they be relied
>upon to give you all the information you need to make the best possible
>decision about your own health.
--
Barbara Nesbitt
Editor, OBGYN.net
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