New study findes endocrine disrupting chemicals in feminine hygiene products
Many of the tested products contained harmful chemicals.
Read moreMany of the tested products contained harmful chemicals.
Read moreHEJSupport together with Women`s Voices for the Earth and Women Environmental Network hosted a webinar on plastic- and toxic-free menstruation products. You can find the presentations here.
Read moreHEJSupport, Women’s Voices for the Earth (WVE), Women’s Environmental Network (WEN), Environmenstrual Coalition are holding a webinar on plastic and toxic free period.Meet leading experts and campaigners on that topic in our webinar and join the conversation.
Read moreNatasha Piette-Basheer is the campaign manager for the WEN Environmenstrual Campaign and Week of Action. She sat down with ptfperiod.info for an interview.
Read moreCity to Sea launched the new schools program Rethink Periods. The program covers some basic biology around periods, products, environmental impacts, period poverty, taboos, myths and celebrations.
Read moreThe Guardian features some of our partners, in an article by Anna Turns. Publication available at: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/02/the-women-taking-the-plastic-out-of-periods?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Read moreHow materials for menstural products changed over the past decades and how they became unsustainable. Adapted from ‘How Tampons and Pads Became so Unsustainable’ by Alejandra Borunda for National Geographic.
Read moreWomen`s Voices for the Earth compiled a timeline of chemcal testing, that shows the most recent studies that have been conducted and published as of March 2019.
Read moreThe challengeThe average woman will use 12,000 to 16,000 disposable feminine hygiene products in her lifetime and it can take
Read moreWomen´s Voices campaign for laws that will require manufacturers to list ingredients in menstrual products, including nanosilver.
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