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The real facts about condoms.


At a time when the federal government is being accused of distributing misinformation mis·in·form  
tr.v. mis·in·formed, mis·in·form·ing, mis·in·forms
To provide with incorrect information.



mis
 about the efficacy of condoms, gay consumers can still get the facts from the media. In the February February: see month.  issue of Consumer Reports magazine, 23 brands and varieties of latex latex, emulsion of a polymer (e.g., rubber) in water (see colloid). Natural latexes are produced by a number of plants, are usually white in color, and often contain, in addition to rubber, various gums, oils, and waxes.  condoms were surveyed: "To the best of our knowledge, Consumer Reports has the only testing program for condoms whose results are made known to the public," said senior editor Nancy Metcalf Metcalf may refer to:

In places:
  • Metcalf, Georgia, a US village
  • Metcalf, Illinois, a US village
  • Metcalf Science Center for Science and Engineering, a building at Boston University, in Boston, Massachusetts
In ships:
  • USS
.

There's little correlation between performance and price or thickness, the study found. "The gay community will find our test report useful," added Metcalf.
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Title Annotation:Health
Author:Allen, Dan
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Feb 15, 2005
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