Re: TAMPONS & dioxin

["Jon Campbell" <jon@cqs.com>]

I stand corrected regarding rayon. This problem is even worse than I
thought...
-----Original Message-----
From: Jackie Hunt Christensen <jchristensen@iatp.org>
To: jon@cqs.com <jon@cqs.com>
Cc: dioxin-l@essential.org <dioxin-l@essential.org>
Date: Monday, October 26, 1998 9:50 AM
Subject: Re: TAMPONS & dioxin


>Unless technology has changed SIGNIFICANTLY since I did pulp & paper work,
>rayon is HIGHLY bleached in the dissolving pulp process. Yes, dioxin HAS
>been measured in tampons, although back in the early 90's -- by EPA/FDA.
>I'm sure it's  time to do it again. Years ago, a Norwegian (?) mill was
>making Cl=free dissolving pulp but i don't know if it ever  made its way
>into tampons.
>
>At 01:07 AM 10/25/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>Hello,
>>
>>     Please note. Let's expunge that reference to "breeding ground for
>>dioxin" and replace it "breeding ground for bacteria" which is the
suspected
>>cause for Toxic Shock Syndrome. Those silly quotes are getting out of
hand.
>>
>>     Also, I don't think anyone has measured dioxin in rayon; what we know
>>about is dioxin in paper and cotton as a result of the bleaching process.
>>Why would you bleach rayon??? It has no color except if you purposely add
>>it.
>>
>>     Dioxin from bleached tampons (paper and cotton) leaches from the
tampon
>>to fatty tissues in the reproductive tract.
>>
>>      Again, as far as I know there is no rayon/dioxin connection. (Folks,
>>please inform me if there is...)
>>
>>Thanks
>>Jon Campbell
>>
>>
>>     There are breeding grounds for dioxin, but not there. They are
>>incinerators, cement kilns, PVC and organochlorine chemical factories,
paper
>>and pulp mills, ...
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Sgrmagnlia@aol.com <Sgrmagnlia@aol.com>
>>To: Multiple recipients of list DIOXIN-L <dioxin-l@essential.org>
>>Date: Friday, October 23, 1998 2:42 PM
>>Subject: Re: TAMPONS & dioxin
>>
>>
>>>In a message dated 10/21/98 11:53:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>>>catalyst@envirolink.org writes:
>>>
>>><< "Rayon contributes to the danger of tampons and dioxin because it is a
>>> highly absorbent substance and therefore when fibers from the tampons
are
>>> left behind in the vagina (as usually occurs), it creates a breeding
>>ground
>>> for the dioxin, and stays in a lot longer than it would with just cotton
>>> tampons.  This is also the reason why TSS (toxic shock syndrome)
occurs."
>>>>
>>>
>>>Is there any specific Tampon brand that does not bleach the tampon?  Can
we
>>>find out who does and who doesn't?  Just curious as to what is safe and
>>what
>>>isn't!!
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>Marianne Dambra
>>>
>>
>>
>
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