Word: phisohex
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...crime novels sex talk is crude but excited. Attitudes toward sex reveal much about motivations. In A City on a Hill there is more talk, less feeling. The talk is almost exotic--about fat Tijuana whores and Chinese baskets and a house in Brighton where you wash off with PhisoHex to stave off V.D. The sex that actually happens (we hear about it through more talk) is uniform, innocuous. No one is tender, no one is embarrassed to talk about how wet somebody's twat is or where are we going to fuck. As a monotone of one lifeless mood...
...Hand. Cleansers like pHisoHex are credited with checking virulent staphylococcal infections among newborn infants. "Staph" is a ubiquitous bug transmitted in the air and by human hands. In high concentration, some strains can cause skin and eye inflammations and can even lead to pneumonia, heart problems and bone disease. The U.S. Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, which has been checking rumors of rising rates of staph infections, reported that 23 hospitals across the country have experienced such outbreaks since the beginning of the year...
...surprisingly stern action, the FDA prepared to pull the plug on virtually all products containing hexachlorophene (HCP). It had already issued a warning (TIME, Dec. 20) against bathing babies with pHisoHex, which contains 3% HCP. The substance penetrates the skin and mucous membranes and has been linked to brain damage in animals-though not, as yet, in man. Touted as a killer of germs and body odors, HCP has been used in many cosmetics, shampoos, soaps and almost all deodorants, notably the "feminine hygiene" variety. Now the FDA has served notice that within 60 days it will ban all further...
Monkey Evidence. The most damaging evidence against hexachlorophene, however, came from Winthrop Laboratories, whose popular baby cleanser pHisoHex is 3% hexachlorophene. Winthrop recently tested the soap on baby monkeys, who were bathed with it daily for 90 days. All of the animals developed brain lesions...
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