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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A letter Procter & Gamble sent to a customer assuring her that Rely
was safe (April 1980)
The American company Procter & Gamble withdrew the Rely tampon from
the market in the fall of 1980 because of its association with the disease
toxic shock.
The Rochester Patriot (New York) newspaper
in 1975-1976 had attacked Rely for its composition, which helps explain
the company's defense of the tampon in this letter. Note that it also defends
the plastic applicator, which became a contentious environmental issue.
The recipient of this letter - it looks like a form letter - sent
this museum a photocopy, below. She's the director of the cytology section
of the department of health of a large American state.
Next: Letter to
dealers, withdrawing Rely from the market because of its possible association
with toxic shock (September 1980) - Previous
article about Rely tampon from the Rochester Patriot newspaper (1976) at
MUM
This is a very large image and
will download slowly. I broke it in half; nothing has been left out.
- a letter Procter & Gamble sent to dealers
explaining why they were withdrawing the Rely tampon
(September 1980) 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.
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