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The Michigan Daily-Thursday, September 25, 1980-Page 3
Rely tampons in dorm kits present risk
Health Service official warns 'U'
From AP and staff reports
A Health Service spokeswoman
yesterday warned °University women
against using tampons that were part of
complimentary "Godd Stuff" kits
placed in residence halls during
August.
Health Educator Gail Ryan said she
wanted University women to be aware
that Rely brand tampons were in the
kit.
SALE OF THE product has been
Suspended by the manufacturer, Proc-
ter and Gamble, because of its alleged
association with the sometimes fatal
disease, Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS).
Ryan doubted any cases of the
disease have appeared in the area. "I
probably would have heard of cases of
TSS in Ann Arbor, but I can't say for
sure whether there have been any," she
said.
The Food and Drug Administration
urged women yesterday to stop using
Rely brand tampons after receiving
results from a second study showing a
much closer correlation between the
disease and use of Rely brand than
between the disease and use of other
tampons.
RELY'S MAKER, the Cincinnati-
based Procter & Gamble Co., suspen-
ded sales of the product on Monday
because of the controversy.
Spokeswoman Marjorie Bradford said
telegrams had been sent to retailers
advising them to return unsold supplies
of the product to Procter & Gamble. But
she was uncertain how many notices
were sent or how retailers who were
missed would be contacted.
Consumers also are being told that
they can return proofs of purchase from
boxes of Rely they have at home for
refunds.
The new study was down by the Utah
state health department. Evaluating
data on 24 toxic shock cases and 59
similar women in a control group, the
researchers found that 62 per cent of
the cases used Rely compared to 24 per
cent of the controls. Among the other
cases, 21 per cent used Tampax brand,
8 per cent used Playtex, 8 per cent
Kotex, and none used 0.b. Among the
controls, 31 per cent used Tampax, 29
per cent used Kotex, 12 per cent used
Playtex, and 5 per cent used o.b.
"OUR ADVICE to the public is,
women should stop using Rely tam-
pons," FDA spokesman Wayne Pines
said. "Women who want to reduce still
further the very small risk of toxic
shock syndrome may want to either use
napkins rather than tampons during
women
part of their period or use other tam-
pons.'
The FDA also is encouraging further
research on the disease. Toxic schock
syndrome is caused by a bacterial in-
fection with Staphylococcus aureus, not
by tampons. One evidence is that the
disease has been contracted by women
who are not menstruating and by some
men. But the overwhelming number of
cases involves menstruating women,
usually 30 or younger.
The symptoms are sudden onset of
high fever, vomiting, diarrhea, a rapid
drop in blood pressure often resulting in
shock, and a sunburn-like rash,
followed by skin peeling.
The FDA and company represen-
tatives met on Tuesday to discuss how
Procter & Gamble will proceed with the
voluntary recall. Several lawsuits
against the company already have been
filed in the wake of the data on tampons
and toxic shock.
STUENT
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Interested Students For:
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Court Of Common Pleas
Apply To:
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Phone: 763-3241
HAPPENINGS-
FILMS
AAFC-Barry Lyndon, 10:15 p.m., Angell Aud. A.; Murmur of the
Heart, 4, 7 and 10 p.m., Michigan Theatre.
Aikido Club-Samurai Trilogy, 6:30 p.m., midnight, 200 Lane Hall.
Audio-Visual Services-Emotional Aspects of Pregnancy; Help! I'm a
New Parent, 12:10 p.m., School of Public Health Aud. II.
Cinema Guild-The Sorrow and the Pity, 7 p.m., Lorch Hall.
Mediatrics-Alice's Restaurant, 7, 9:15 pm., Nat. Sci. Aud.
PIRGIM-Harvest Coming Home, 7:30 p.m., Fourth Ave., Co-op,
workshop following film.
MEETINGS
Alcoholics Anonymous-Open meeting, 8:30 p.m., N2815 U. Hosp.
Campus Crusade for Christ-Open meeting, 7 p.m., 2235 Angell.
Campus Weight Watchers-5:30 p.m., Mich. League Conference Rm.
Career Planning and Placement-Mass meeting, Pre-med, 12 p.m.,
Angell Aud. B.
Michigan Republicans Club-Mass meeting, 7 p.m., Union Anderson
Room.
MSA-Security Task Force mass meeting, 7:30 p.m., MSA chambers,
Union.
Sailing Club-7:45 p.m., 311 West Engineering Bldg.
Undergraduate Pol. Sci. Assoc.-Mass meeting, 7:30 p.m., Union Pen-
dleton Room.
SPEAKERS
Art-Kirk Varnedoe on "Paris: 1900-1914: Cultural Capital of the
Western World,"8 p.m., Angell, Aud. A.
Biology-Cynthia Marcelo on "Intermediate Filaments of the Epider-
mis," 12 p.m., 1139 Nat. Sci., brown bag lunch.
Chemistry-Katherine Hunt on "Path Integrals and Irreversable Ther-
modynamics,' 4p.m., 1200 Chem. Bldg.
Center for Japanese Studies-Maggie Pai on "Japanese Folk Toys,"
noon, Lane Hall Commons Room.
Center for Russian and East European Studies-Flora Lewis on "The
Polish Workers' Struggle: An Eyewitness Report," noon, 200 Lane Hall.
'Brown bag lunch. .
Comparative Literature-Gernot Windfuhr on "Fixed Forms in the
East: Persia," 12:10 p.m., 4th floor commons, MLB. Brown bag lunch.
Institute for Public Policy Studies-Morton Halpern on "Covert In-
telligence Operations as a Prop in American Foreign Policy," noon,
Rackham Aud.
ISMRRD-J.F.W. Kok on "Effects of Structuring Group Therapy for
Learning Disabled and Emotionally Impaired Children," 1 p.m., School of
Educ. Schorling Aud.
Michigan Diabetes Research Center-Dr. Doniach on "Autoimmunity in
the Etiology of Diabetes," 8a.m., G2310 Towsley.
Museum of Anthropology-Doreen Ozker on "Survey in the Wilds of
Western Oakland County," noon, 2009 Museums Bldg.
Transportation Advisory Comm.-Howard Sinhowitz on "American and
European Experience in Developing and Implementing TSM," 3 p.m.,
Rackham E. Lecture Room.
Wildlife Society-Richard Podolsky on "Seabird Re-establishment on
the Coast of Maine, 'noon, 1040 Dana Bldg.
PERFORMANCES
Canterbury Stage Co.-"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," 8 p.m., Can-
terbury Loft, 3325. State.
Guild House-Poetry readings by Claudia Cines, Paul Bail and Bill
Pluphe, 7:30 p.m., Guild House, 802 Monroe.
MISCELLANEOUS
Ann Arbor U. Women's Club-Book Sale, 12-9 p.m., Union Ballroom.
Eckankar-Course, "Key to Secret Worlds," 7:30 p.m., 302 E. Liberty.
Ecology Center of Ann Arbor-Energy conservation workshop, 7:30
p.m., Bach School, 600 W. Jefferson.
Med. Center Bible Study-12:30 p.m., F2230 Mott Hosp.
Michigan Quarterly Review-Accepting applications for student inter-
ns, 3032 Rackham Bldg.
Wildlife Society-Reservations for Pt. Pelee bird observation field trip
due, notify the Society at 540 Dana Bldg.
Recreational Sports-IM Track meet, 5:15 p.m., ISMB track.
Spartacus Youth League-Conference, 7:30 p.m., Union Welker Room.
Sukkot Services-7;15 p.m., Hillel, 1429 Hill, reservations for dinner by
noon.
U of M Skydivers Club-First jump course, 7 p.m., 1042 E. Engineer-
ing Bldg.
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