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作者: daisyy (忘了你) 看板: livings
標題: 女性朋友一定要看!!
時間: Wed Apr 18 22:48:03 2001
Subject: Danger of using Tampons
Serious Health Concern
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 US 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 e-mail, 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.
Leslie Urioste
Center for Health, Math & Science
303-556-2460
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作者: alvin (他媽的可靠度) 看板: mountain
標題: Re: 女生注意一下
時間: Thu May 10 00:26:14 2001
都是英文的
既然是+3轉載就順便解釋一下吧~
實在很懶的看...
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作者: jengli (山蝶) 看板: mountain
標題: Re: 女生注意一下
時間: Thu May 10 01:08:09 2001
大致的意思是
不肖的的廠商為了賺錢
會在女性生理期使用的衛生用品添加不當物品
如 石綿 戴奧鋅
添加石綿是因為可使女性生理期出血更多 而增加其銷售量
添加戴奧鋅是為了漂白 因為一般人認為越白越乾淨
但這些物質都會增加子宮頸和子宮癌症的發生率
所以為了自己的健康
女生選擇生理期用品時 最好
1.100% 純棉的
2.非漂白的
3.因完全符合上述條件的很少
所以只好少用置入陰道的 減少接觸陰道的機會
我看的意思大概是這樣
只是不曉得文章正確性如何 文中是有提到好幾個國家都在注意這個問題了
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作者: nneeww (賣女孩的小火柴) 看板: mountain
標題: Re: 女生注意一下
時間: Thu May 10 01:14:40 2001
哇 還在打你就翻了 果然是醫學院
男生也可以看看 順便教教你們體貼女性的方法
文章內容主要在講 使用衛生棉條對健康所造成的威脅
其中製造時所使用的人造絲與二氧己(己要加草頭打不出來,也就是所謂的戴奧辛)
前者為了增加吸收力 後者則為漂白劑
不但致癌而且會對人體的免疫及再生功能造成破壞
同時罹患子宮內膜異位的機率大增
製造女性衛生用品的廠商相當明白這一點
但他們更深信 看起來潔白無暇的才能得到女性的青睞及消費
因此他們持續使用這些有毒的物質生產對我們而言相當貼身的用品
這就是龐大利益所運作的犧牲
已有不少國家要求女性用品的製造商將化學物的安全列入考量
衛生棉或墊中為了吸收力及潔白也含有這些物質
但不及衛生棉條危險
長期的使用有可能會讓你血流的更多
文中呼籲女生儘量使用純棉花且未經過漂白處理的產品
不過據我觀察國內從沒看見過
雖然生長在消費者人權仍在起步的台灣
但說實話 出隊我還是會用
實在是太好用了
建議社上的女生 兩種都帶
溯溪或需要攀登架繩時使用棉條 步行睡眠時使用衛生棉
衛生棉條一定要定時更換 否則有休克危險
要不然 昇嚮導吧 想換時就收隊
__
就說"我去抽根煙......"
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作者: jengli (山蝶) 看板: mountain
標題: Re: 女生注意一下
時間: Thu May 10 01:36:53 2001
※ 引述《nneeww (賣女孩的小火柴)》之銘言：
: 文章內容主要在講 使用衛生棉條對健康所造成的威脅
: 其中製造時所使用的人造絲與二氧己(己要加草頭打不出來,也就是所謂的戴奧辛)
: 前者為了增加吸收力 後者則為漂白劑
: 不但致癌而且會對人體的免疫及再生功能造成破壞
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其實更正確的說法是"生育功能"
: 建議社上的女生 兩種都帶
: 溯溪或需要攀登架繩時使用棉條 步行睡眠時使用衛生棉
: 衛生棉條一定要定時更換 否則有休克危險
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文中所謂的"toxic shock syndrome"
"毒性休克徵候群"
是因為衛生棉條置入陰道 會使得表皮黏膜直接吸收這些有毒物質
量過高時 可能導致毒性休克
前一陣子 我們上課時提到美國以前有一很有名的案例
許多女性因使用被腐生性葡萄球菌(S.prophyticus)感染的tampon(衛生棉條)
導致toxic shock syndrome而死亡
所以如果衛生棉條真的含有以上且過量的有毒物質
那..........
女生真的要小心保護自己
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作者: nneeww (賣女孩的小火柴) 看板: mountain
標題: Re: 女生注意一下
時間: Thu May 10 01:43:44 2001
順便問一下
政立或醫學院的 有沒有人知道停經劑(正確來說只是延遲)
或是避孕藥 像這類黃體素的東西
為什麼會提高在高山時產生血栓塞的機率
願聞其詳
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作者: sbunny (bunny) 看板: mountain
標題: Re: 女生注意一下
時間: Thu May 10 23:14:09 2001
※ 引述《nneeww (賣女孩的小火柴)》之銘言：
: 順便問一下
: 政立或醫學院的 有沒有人知道停經劑(正確來說只是延遲)
: 或是避孕藥 像這類黃體素的東西
: 為什麼會提高在高山時產生血栓塞的機率
: 願聞其詳
嗯 口服避孕藥通常是雌激素加黃體素
也有只有含黃體素的 效果比較差
口服避孕藥最嚴重的副作用就是在心血管方面
會增加血液黏稠度
增加產生血栓的機率
我只知道抽煙和年過35歲會增加這個機率
至於在高山時
為什麼會增加(沒讀到過)
我就不知道了
因為 短時間內 血液的變化應該不大...
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作者: jengli (山蝶) 看板: mountain
標題: Re: 女生注意一下
時間: Fri May 11 01:43:41 2001
※ 引述《sbunny (bunny)》之銘言：
: ※ 引述《nneeww (賣女孩的小火柴)》之銘言：
: : 順便問一下
: : 政立或醫學院的 有沒有人知道停經劑(正確來說只是延遲)
: : 或是避孕藥 像這類黃體素的東西
: : 為什麼會提高在高山時產生血栓塞的機率
: : 願聞其詳
: 嗯 口服避孕藥通常是雌激素加黃體素
: 也有只有含黃體素的 效果比較差
: 口服避孕藥最嚴重的副作用就是在心血管方面
: 會增加血液黏稠度
: 增加產生血栓的機率
: 我只知道抽煙和年過35歲會增加這個機率
: 至於在高山時
: 為什麼會增加(沒讀到過)
: 我就不知道了
: 因為 短時間內 血液的變化應該不大...
缺水血液濃稠度也會上升 增加產生血栓的機率
爬山大量出汗 不知道跟這是否有關
如果是 那也許該多補充水分
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