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Article: Condom retailer first to ban products containing nonoxynol-9.
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- Virus Weekly
- Article date:
- March 23, 2004
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2004 MAR 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CondomDepot.com, a condom retailer, has announced that they have removed all products containing the popular spermicide nonoxynol-9 from their shelves.
They are the first major condom retailer to drop the controversial spermicide from their shelves.
Kimberly Fidi, president of CondomDepot.com explains, "Too many young adults are not aware of the harmful and potentially deadly consequences of using this product. People are trading the misbelief of greater birth control reliability for an increased risk of contracting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS and other STDs."
Studies by organizations including the ...