Tampon Makers Release Ingredients After Pressure From Activists
Time
Denver Nicks
Oct. 27, 2015
Protesters campaigned for transparency on and offline
…”Following concerted campaigns across the feminine products industry, including old-fashioned picketing outside shareholder meetings and organizing via social media, two consumer products titans are becoming more transparent about the chemicals in their products.
Proctor & Gamble and Kimberly Clark, which together control the biggest segment of the $3 billion industry for tampons, panty liners and feminine wipes in North America, are as of the last few weeks publishing the ingredients used in their feminine hygiene products online, the New York Times reports.”…
