Tampons and Sanitary Pads Are Loaded With Toxic Chemicals
Tampons and sanitary pads touch a part of the skin that’s particularly thin and transparent. Whatever is in these products can easily end up in the bloodstream. But it’s really important for women who use tampons or sanitary pads every month. Over a lifetime, a woman can use over 24,000 of these products. And she uses them in the most delicate and vulnerable areas of her body. So what’s in them? We don’t really know. Tampons and sanitary pads are considered “medical devices.” That means the manufacturers are off the hook when it comes to telling you what’s in them. But we do know that the major… Read more »