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The right to healthy period products is not a privilege

14. October 202115. October 2021 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 202111. October 2021 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 202116. September 2021 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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Action Featured Health Lifestyle 

HEJSupport Interview with Jana Girdauskas, Founder and Education Manager at The Period Purse

21. October 202021. October 2020 Author

“Let’s reduce the stigma, let’s talk about periods more, let’s know more about it.”

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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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Featured Health Science 

New study findes endocrine disrupting chemicals in feminine hygiene products

3. March 20203. March 2020 Alexandra Caterbow

Many of the tested products contained harmful chemicals.

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Featured Health 

Life After Toxic Shock Syndrome: Healing through Activism

18. December 201918. December 2019 Olga Speranskaya

Despite everything she’s been through, Wasser is not letting her past negative experiences hold her back.

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Featured Health 

SINGLE-USE MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS, BABY NAPPIES & WET WIPES: Investigating the impact of these single-use items across Europe

3. December 20194. December 2019 Olga Speranskaya

Single-use menstrual products, baby nappies and wet wipes can cause serious health and environmental problems during their production use and disposal.

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Health 

Dismantling Period Stigma in Sport

16. September 201922. September 2019 Olga Speranskaya

Adapted from ‘Why periods must no longer be a taboo subject in sport’ by Louise Lawless from The Irish Times. Publication available at: https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/why-periods-must-no-longer-be-a-taboo-subject-in-sport-1.3966173?mode=amp

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Alternatives Health 

Period Product Brands to Get

13. September 201922. September 2019 Olga Speranskaya

Adapted from “50 brands that will help you go zero waste” by Phoebe Young, from pebble magazine. Publication available at https://pebblemag.com/magazine/living/50-brands-to-help-you-go-zero-waste

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