Read also the important following
articles (issues listed) in the Rochester
(New York) Patriot newspaper, which
investigated Rely in 1975 and 1976, years before the toxic shock crisis:
23 July-5 August 1975 (front cover)
- 6-26 August 1975 - 11
December 1975-13 January 1976 - 1-14 September
1976) - a letter to a customer assuring her that
Rely was safe (April 1980) - and a letter from
Procter & Gamble (22 September 1980) announcing that it was stopping
distribution of Rely because of health concerns
 
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Articles criticizing the Rely menstrual tampon, 1975-76, years before
the toxic shock crisis
The tiny Rochester (New York) Patriot
newspaper, a biweekly - its first page is reduced, below - was apparently
the first to publish now historic articles
about the Rely tampon, in 1975 and 1976. The searing
stories alerted other newspapers to the problems with the tampon, which
culminated in the fury of publicity surrounding the toxic shock tragedy
five years later (read two 1980 letters from
Procter & Gamble about Rely). And what the paper drew attention to had
nothing to do with toxic shock!
Below is the front page of the edition
carrying the first story, which starts on the next
page.
Front part of the instructions. See the
super Rely tampon, and an ad
for Rely from 1980. Main Rely tampon page
See also the important following articles
(issues listed) in the Rochester (New York) Patriot newspaper, which investigated Rely in 1975
and 1976, years before the toxic shock crisis: 23
July-5 August 1975 (front cover) - 6-26 August 1975 - 11 December
1975-13 January 1976 - 1-14 September 1976)
- a letter to a customer assuring her that Rely
was safe (April 1980) - and a letter from Procter
& Gamble (22 September 1980) announcing that it was stopping distribution
of Rely because of health concerns.
And see the other tampons Procter
& Gamble also sold around the time of Rely.
Tambrands kindly donated these articles to the museum, which bear
markings from that company.
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