You know where your tampon goes. It’s time you knew what goes into it, too
The Guardian
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney
April 20, 2015
Millions of women will each use more than 16,800 tampons over the course of their lives. We have no data to tell us if that’s unequivocally safe.
On any given day, millions of American women are menstruating – and more than half of them are using tampons. What many of those women don’t know is that there is no research that unequivocally declares these feminine hygiene products safe, and independent studies by women’s health organizations have found chemicals of concern like dioxin, carcinogens and reproductive toxins present in tampons and pads.
