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Dioxin In Menstural Products
Toxin in disposable menstrual products was highlighted by many researches only after 70~80 years of it being used all around the world. The latest research was in 1999 when a bill was posted in the U.S Congress, called `Tampon Safety and Research Act of 1999' , by Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney. The Congress found:
(3) Dioxin is a byproduct of chlorine-bleaching processes used in the manufacture of paper products, including tampons, sanitary pads, panty liners, and diapers.
(4) While bleaching processes that do not produce dioxin in any amount are available, most pulp and paper manufacturers, which produce the raw materials used in tampons, currently use either elemental-chlorine or chlorine-dioxide bleaching processes. Both of these bleaching processes use chlorine and therefore produce dioxin.
(10) The Environmental Protection Agency has concluded that people with high levels of exposure to dioxins may be at risk for other noncancer effects that could suppress the immune system, increase the risk of pelvic inflammatory disease, reduce fertility, and interfere with fetal and childhood development.
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This Act shall be the basis for further research by the National Institute of Health to determine the extent to which the presence of dioxin, synthetic fibers, and other additives in tampons and similar products used by women with respect to menstruation pose any risks to the health of women, including risks relating to gynecological cancer (cervical, uterine, ovarian, vulva and vagina), infertility, breast cancer, immune system deficiencies, pelvic inflammatory disease, and toxic shock syndrome, and for other purposes.
How Cancer Can Be Inherited Due To Toxin In Women's Womb
Mother and child exchange cells during pregnancy via the umbilical cord and placenta.
"When a pregnant woman is exposed to toxic, the embryo and developing fetus can be harmed as the toxins are carried in the mother's blood into the womb." -Clean Health.
"What causes gynecological cancer? Biomedical research has discovered that some genes, called oncogenes, promote the growth of cancer. You can acquire these genetic mutations during life (e.g. through smoking, aging or environmental influences) or you can inherit these mutations from your parents or grandparents. Every 64 minutes, a woman in the United States is diagnosed with a gynecological cancer." -UT Medical Group, Inc.
So What Is The Safest Material To Be Used For Menstural Products?
"The majority of tampons manufactured today contain rayon and synthetics despite medical advice that the safest material is 100% pure cotton" -Tierno and Hanna, Journal of Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2:140-145 (1994).