ReviewThe Yale journal of biology and medicine2011
Rely and Toxic Shock Syndrome: a technological health crisis.
Review in The Yale journal of biology and medicine, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Tampons as a source of exposure to metal(loid)s.Environment international · 2024Article
- Discovery of an antivirulence compound that targets the Staphylococcus aureus SaeRS two-component system to inhibit toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 production.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2024Article
- A population based study on human papillomavirus infection and associated risk factors among women of the remote South Andaman Island, India.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Menstrual Products as a Source of Environmental Chemical Exposure: A Review from the Epidemiologic Perspective.Current environmental health reports · 2022Review
- Association of characteristics of tampon use with menstrual toxic shock syndrome in France.EClinicalMedicine · 2020Article
- Toxic shock syndrome, tampons and laboratory standard-setting.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2017Article
- Intense, flu-like symptoms in women using menstrual devices: always think of staphylococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome.Oxford medical case reports · 2017Article
- A confirmed case of toxic shock syndrome associated with the use of a menstrual cup.The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicaleArticle
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Abstract
This essay examines factors leading to the identification of Toxic Shock Syndrome with the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus in 1978 and the specific role of Rely tampons in generating a technologically rooted health crisis. The concept biologically incompatible technology is offered to explain the relationship between constituent bacteria, women's menstrual cycles, and a reactive technology that converged to create the ideal environment for the S. aureus bacteria to live and flourish in some women. The complicated and reactive relationship of the Rely tampon to emergent disease, corporate interests, public health, and injury law reveals the dangers of naturalizing technologies.
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