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| Latex deaths - The tip of the iceberg | 28 Oct 2004 11:54 GMT | 4 |
According to FDA Medwatch data as far back as June 1996, there were 28 reported deaths and 225 anaphylactic events associated with latex products in all settings.
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| Type IV (Delayed) Hypersensitivity | 28 Oct 2004 11:53 GMT | 3 |
Type IV (Delayed) Hypersensitivity. Allergic Contact (Chemical Sensitivity) Dermatitis results from exposure to chemicals added to latex during harvesting, processing or manufacturing. Latex glove products utilize coagulants, accelerators, antioxidants, emulsifiers, stabilizers,
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| FALSE CLAIMS DROPPED | 28 Oct 2004 11:50 GMT | 3 |
Like the CDC, the State Department’s Agency for International Development (USAID) has censored its web site to remove information on the effectiveness of condoms. As recently as February 2003, USAID’s web site included two detailed documents on condom effectiveness.
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| EPA STATEMENT | 27 Oct 2004 22:00 GMT | 2 |
REGARDING REFERENCE www.epa.gov/oppts/documents/fsis31.pdf Immediate hypersensitivity is exemplified by the person allergic to shellfish whose tongue goes raw and swollen at a restaurant, or the person
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| Condom industry quotes | 27 Oct 2004 21:58 GMT | 3 |
Are condoms a greater health risk than the std's they don't really protect against? It is politically correct to advocate condoms but every day the evidence increases that they do little to protect and may pose a very serious
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| OSHA WARNINGS | 27 Oct 2004 21:53 GMT | 3 |
OSHA Department of Veterans Affairs Washington, DC 20420 VA Directive 7701
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| WARNING. Latex | 27 Oct 2004 10:21 GMT | 1 |
WARNING! "Latex Allergy" Reprinted from The Medicaid Bulletin, Volume 111, Issue 11, Summer 1998 Researchers have discovered that some people have allergic reactions to latex.
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| CASE STUDY | 27 Oct 2004 10:19 GMT | 1 |
Case Report Severe Allergy in a Pregnant Woman after Vaginal Examination with a Latex Glove Yuri Shingai, Koji Nakagawa, Takeshi Kato, Toru Fujioka, Takashi
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| CONDOM TESTING STANDARDS | 27 Oct 2004 03:42 GMT | 1 |
5 standards are currently in force: - ISO, CEN, ASTM, WHO and USAID Only CEN and USAID require tensile testing at time of manufacture. Only CEN requires testing after2 days.
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| Below: - GM Carters "Almost no evidence" | 27 Oct 2004 02:43 GMT | 2 |
Don't accuse me of spam as the posts below don't exist if Mr. Carter is to be believed. He claims there is "almost no evidence" that condoms are toxic, cause cancer and are deadly.
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| General question about oral sex | 26 Oct 2004 10:51 GMT | 1 |
Are there any serious venereal diseases that can be easily transmitted by performing cunnilingus?
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| Rats! | 26 Oct 2004 10:49 GMT | 3 |
The way animal research stalled the availability of protease inhibitor treatments was exposed several years ago in Washington Post magazine, and has since been conceded - in part - by the Vice-President of Merck, Bennett M.Shapiro.
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| Pneumonia risk doubles | 26 Oct 2004 10:49 GMT | 3 |
“...HAART was associated with [greater than two times] increased risk of developing bacterial pneumonia and [a 15-fold increase in the likelihood of developing] NHL [Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma]...Perhaps the development of lymphoma is somehow triggered by the therapy itself.”
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| Toluene used instead of Benzene in some condoms | 26 Oct 2004 01:46 GMT | 2 |
Toluene is considered a reproductive toxin by the State of California (OEHHA 2004) and the EU (UNECE 2004). In its establishment of a public health goal for toluene in drinking water, California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment found
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| Nerve damage | 25 Oct 2004 05:36 GMT | 6 |
“The antiretroviral drugs currently licensed in the United Kingdom [June 1996] are zidovudine (azidothymidine [AZT]), zalcitabine (ddC) and didanosine (ddI). All three are nucleoside analogues...All are very toxic. Suppression of bone marrow elements can occur with any of the three, ...
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