Nitrosamine & Condoms

In recent years reader's have asked about nitrosamine. In 2004 a German study raised some concern about nitrosamine in the latex used for condom manufacture.

While nitrosamines can be found in a large variety of foods (mainly fried foods) it is not known exactly how they may be involved in cancer. Studies have suggested that increased amounts of nitrosamine in fried foods may be an indicator for stomach cancer. There is no legal regime that I am aware of which regulates nitrosamine. Studies are ongoing concerning risks involved in nitrosamines.

This may not be much help to you if you have been privy to gossip that somehow condoms can cause cancer. Suffice it to say that from my perspective, admittedly non-scientific, there are questions to be answered about nitrosamine and considering that noone (I hope) eats and digests condoms it is safe to say that getting stomach cancer from using condoms is not a danger. I look forward to the results of further studies but can say with complete confidence I continue to use condoms on a regular basis with no concern at all that I will get cancer from that use.