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A New Tool: The Syngyna A New Tool: The Syngyna
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Procter & Gamble Modifies the Syngyna Procter & Gamble Modifies the Syngyna
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Testing the Test Testing the Test
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The Tampon Task Force The Tampon Task Force
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Fighting Science with Science Fighting Science with Science
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Shifting Tactics Shifting Tactics
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Advocacy beyond the Tampon Task Force Advocacy beyond the Tampon Task Force
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Limits of Labeling Limits of Labeling
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5 Health Activism and the Limits of Labeling
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Published:November 2018
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Abstract
Since the threat of toxic shock syndrome (TSS) subsided but remained, how to manage it became a politically contested issue. Chapter 5 addresses the political stakes of science-based policy used to warn women about the risk of tampon-related TSS. Advice to use the least absorbent tampon possible was not feasible because packages were not accurately labeled. To help women make informed decisions, the Food and Drug Administration called upon the creation of a Tampon Task Force to recommend absorbency ranges and to standardize descriptions such as “regular” and “super.” Different stakeholders on the task force, including corporations, consumer groups, and women's health activists, exerted pressure to control the terms of policy, product labeling, and the language of warnings printed on tampon boxes. In particular, Esther Rome of the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective participated on the Tampon Task Force and challenged methods and procedures that were not beneficial to women. She sought to include menstrual fluid, rather than saline, in the syngyna lab tests as a basis of tampon absorbency to more accurately reflect real-life conditions.
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