What is Benzene? About Benzene Benzene is one of the top 20 most-produced chemicals in the United States, used primarily in the production of plastics and chemical products. Significant quantities of benzene are found or used in oil refineries and some types of chemical plants. It is also used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, detergents, and explosives. As an industrial chemical, it is used frequently as a solvent in the chemical and drug industries. Benzene has also been used in more...

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. Recent reports in the literature indicate that from about 1 percent to 6 percent of the general population and about 8 percent to 12 percent of regularly exposed health care workers are sensitized

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, extenders, colorants, stiffeners, biocides, fragrances, etc.(4) These chemicals can cause skin reactions similar to those caused by poison ivy. As with poison ivy, the rash usually begins 24 to 48 hours after...

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. The document The Effectiveness of Condoms in Preventing Sexually Transmitted Infections stated: “Latex condoms are highly effective in prevention of HIV/AIDS” and “Public and government support for latex condoms is essential for...

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 allergic to bees who is bitten and dies. These are due to the immune system's antibodies (in particular, immunoglobulin E, or "IgE") reacting to the tree proteins in the latex. Routes of exposure include aerosol, direct bloodstream contact (medically called "parenteral", such as by intravenous...

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 health risk. It is hard for the CDC and FDA to examine these risks as they have been so vocal in promoting condoms but could their silence lead to dire consequences. I for one having done exaustive research strongly feel so.

OSHA Department of Veterans Affairs Washington, DC 20420 VA Directive 7701 Transmittal Sheet July 8, 1998 LATEX SENSITIVITY/ALLERGY 1. REASON FOR ISSUE: This directive establishes policy for the management of natural rubber latex sensitivity/allergy for patients and employees. 2. SUMMARY OF CONTENTS: This directive sets forth the polices and

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. Latex, the sap of the Hevea brasiliensis and other rubber trees, is used in the manufacture of many of today's medical and consumer products including: balloons, erasers, swimming goggles, diaphragms, baby bottle nipples, Band-Aids, stethoscopes, tourniquets, catheters, disposable syringes and surgical gloves, just to...

Case Report Severe Allergy in a Pregnant Woman after Vaginal Examination with a Latex Glove Yuri Shingai, Koji Nakagawa, Takeshi Kato, Toru Fujioka, Takashi Matsumoto, Toshimasa Kihana, Kiyofumi Noda, Takashi Mori Feto-Maternal Division, Perinatal Center, and Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan Address of Corresponding Author

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. Only USAIDS require testing after 7 days

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. THE POST BELOW SIMPLY DON'T EXIST.

Are there any serious venereal diseases that can be easily transmitted by performing cunnilingus?

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. He acknowledges that trials of a promising protease drug were halted in 1989, after it was tested on lab rats and dogs and they all died. Merck assumed this treatment would have the same deadly effect on humans.

“...HAART was associated with increased risk of developing bacterial pneumonia and NHL ...Perhaps the development of lymphoma is somehow triggered by the therapy itself.” Chest. 2001 Dec;120(6):1888-93 – Wolff AJ, O’Donnell AE, Aids Researchers

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 that “Studies in animals have shown a clear association of toluene exposure with developmental toxicity” (OEHHA 1999), including reduced fetal weight, and bone growth deficiencies and deformities.

“The antiretroviral drugs currently licensed in the United Kingdom are zidovudine (azidothymidine ), 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, as can peripheral neuropathy .” Adverse Drug Reaction Bulletin. 1996 Jun;178:675-8. – Ellis C.J., Leung D., Aids researchers “A decrease in mtDNA content was found in HAART-treated HIV-infected patients with peripheral fat...

The way we address HIV is cause for concern The truth is that there are millions of people living to whom HIV has not caused illness and death. This information brings joy and hope to the heart of any person who has ever dreaded the onset of AIDS. Initially, we only saw the deaths of those infected with HIV. Science, medicine and the pharmaceutical companies looked for answers, but fear set the standard that HIV infection was a fatal disease. Many cried out for answers. Pressure led to the...

* 913.1* 2004.06.02/15:14 Condoms pose deadly threat German scientists came to the conclusion that the majority of condoms contain carcinogens causing cancer. * *According to the specialists of the Institute of Chemical Research in Shtutgart, Germany, 29 out of the 32 kinds of the researched condoms contain N-Nitrosamine carcinogen. *

FAILURES OF THE MEMBRANE OF THE CONDOM 1) Permeability of the latex membrane for microparticles, STD agents and HIV In 1977 D.Barlow v advanced the hypothesis of the existence of some pores in the latex membrane of a condom in order to explain why this did not appear to protect

From the Cochrane Collaboration with regard to the use of condoms in the prevention of heterosexually transmitted HIV disease. George M. Carter ** http://cochrane.bireme.br/cochrane/show.php?db=&mfn=&id=_ID_CD003255&lang=es&dblang= Condom effectiveness in reducing heterosexual HIV transmission Weller S, Davis, K.