§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department is aware of into the link between sanitary tampon use and vaginal ulceration.
§ Mr. FreemanSome reports of research on this matter were published in the United States of America several years ago. Vaginal ulceration was associated with the use of tampons in a small number of women but the ulcers healed when tampons were no longer used. The reports suggested various mechanisms which might have caused the ulcers.