N-9 Data Warrants Spermicide Safety Study, WHO Report Recommends
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The safety of all spermicides should be evaluated in light of recent research indicating the one-time top microbicide candidate nonoxynol-9 actually causes lesions that may facilitate transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, according to the final report of a "Technical Consultation on N-9," released June 25
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