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Author: Olga Speranskaya

Featured General Health Partners Young females 

The right to healthy period products is not a privilege

14. October 202112. December 2022 Olga Speranskaya

Toxic chemicals have no place in period products. Join the fight!

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Featured Health Partners Young females 

Toxic chemicals in period products: do you want to minimize exposure?

11. October 202112. December 2022 Olga Speranskaya

After use, conventional period products end up in incinerators or landfills, where they further contribute to toxic emissions and releases that undermine the health of the planet.

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Featured General Health 

Women are disproportionally affected by toxic plastics

16. September 202112. December 2022 Olga Speranskaya

The report by the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and toxics highlights that ” women face a disproportionate amount of the burden of plastic pollution”.

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Environment Featured General 

Menstrual Products and their Disposal

19. June 202112. December 2022 Olga Speranskaya

Though 89% of females in the study believed that menstrual waste is a matter of concern, 58% of them were clueless about its fate.

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Action Featured 

HEJSupport plans for Environmenstrual Week 2020

5. October 202012. December 2022 Olga Speranskaya

HEJSupport is excited to announce our participation in this year’s Environmenstrual Week, running from October 19th-25th, 2020!

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Action Featured General Partners 

‌Environmenstrual‌ ‌Week 2020

20. July 202012. December 2022 Olga Speranskaya

The ‌objectives of ‌Environmenstrual‌ ‌Week in 2020 are threefold: to advocate for an end to period poverty, to promote the conversation surrounding eco-friendly period products, and to help end the taboo around periods.

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Featured Health Science 

Phthalates are more ubiquitous than was previously known – and are commonly found in menstrual products

5. May 202014. May 2020 Olga Speranskaya

Phthalates are plasticizer chemicals found in a variety of products designed for daily use.
Exposure to this class of chemicals has been associated with several adverse health effects

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Alternatives Partners 

To save the world, empower women

8. March 20208. March 2020 Olga Speranskaya

The environmental NGO City to Sea is spreading the word about sustainable alternatives through their ‘Plastic Free Periods’ initiative, which incorporates environmental advocacy into female health education.

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Action Featured Partners 

This International Women’s Day women break period taboos to fight plastic pollution’

8. March 202021. April 2020 Olga Speranskaya

For International Women’s Day (8th of March), 4 women are speaking out about the most controversial form of plastic pollution – the plastic that comes from our period products.

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Featured General Science 

The transparency of ingredients in the contents of menstrual products is still a wish list

28. February 202028. February 2020 Olga Speranskaya

New research suggests that menstrual products may account for as much as 28% of total phthalate exposure in women.

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