Read more about menstrual product safety. Read about the history of menstrual cups Read a partial history of the menstrual cup! First cup? Tassette, Tassaway, The Keeper, Daintette, Foldene And read comments from people who have used a cup. Do cups cause endometriosis? Not enough evidence, says the FDA. DIRECTORY of all topics (See also the SEARCH ENGINE, bottom of page.) CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could? Some MUM site links: homepage | LIST OF ALL TOPICS | MUM address & What does MUM mean? | e-mail the museum | privacy on this site | who runs this museum?? | Amazing women! | the art of menstruation | artists (non-menstrual) | asbestos | belts | bidets | founder bio | Bly, Nellie | MUM board | books: menstruation and menopause (and reviews) | cats | company booklets for girls (mostly) directory | contraception and religion | costumes | menstrual cups | cup usage | dispensers | douches, pain, sprays | essay directory | extraction | facts-of-life booklets for girls | famous women in menstrual hygiene ads | FAQ | founder/director biography | gynecological topics by Dr. Soucasaux | humor | huts | links | masturbation | media coverage of MUM | menarche booklets for girls and parents | miscellaneous | museum future | Norwegian menstruation exhibit | odor | olor | pad directory | patent medicine | poetry directory | products, current | puberty booklets for girls and parents | religion | Religión y menstruación | your remedies for menstrual discomfort | menstrual products safety | science | Seguridad de productos para la menstruación | shame | slapping, menstrual | sponges | synchrony | tampon directory | early tampons | teen ads directory | tour of the former museum (video) | underpants & panties directory | videos, films directory | Words and expressions about menstruation | Would you stop menstruating if you could? | What did women do about menstruation in the past? | washable pads Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación. Do menstrual cups cause endometriosis? In 2003, Armand Lione, Ph.D., president of Associated Pharmacologists and Toxicologists, petitioned the American Food and Drug Administration to revoke the approval for the marketing of menstrual cups because he thought there was a high likelihood that they caused endometriosis. The FDA disagreed, writing that there was insufficient evidence. Read the FDA's response, below; the petition is here. BELOW: Response from the FDA. (FDA's classification of menstrual cups in the Federal Register, 3 April 1979 & 26 Feb. 1980) NEXT: FDA's classification of menstrual cups in the Federal Register, 3 April 1979 & 26 Feb. 1980 - Read more about menstrual product safety. Read about the history of menstrual cups. Read comments from people who have used a cup. © 2004 Harry Finley. It is illegal to reproduce or distribute any of the work on this Web site in any manner or medium without written permission of the author. Please report suspected violations to hfinley@mum.org