from the Wall Street Journal

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Under pressure from public-health officials, several makers and vendors of condoms and sexual lubricants have stopped selling products treated with a popular spermicide, Nonoxynol-9, after studies indicating the substance can increase the risk of transmitting HIV, the AIDS virus, in certain situations.

Drug giant Johnson & Johnson is among the producers halting manufacturing of N-9-enhanced lubricants and condoms, which are still widely used despite the new data detailing potential health risks, particularly involving anal sex.

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