The transparency of ingredients in the contents of menstrual products is still a wish list
New research suggests that menstrual products may account for as much as 28% of total phthalate exposure in women.
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Author: Olga Speranskaya
Pandora’s Box: Menstrual Equity on Film
Up until recently, even ardent feminists have been reluctant to address menstrual equality, choosing instead to focus on issues such as workplace equality and childcare. This hesitation is understandable considering the discrimination women often face while on their period in all parts of the world.
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Life After Toxic Shock Syndrome: Healing through Activism
Despite everything she’s been through, Wasser is not letting her past negative experiences hold her back.
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The Changing Nature of the Menstrual Product Industry in India
Consumers are beginning to demand that products cater to their needs, to the benefit of both people and planet.
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If we don’t set a dream out, we don’t know where we’re headed
In an interview with Hayley Morton, a HEJSupport intern, Dr. Ann Blake, founder of Environmental & Public Health Consulting, shared her vision of what the future of sustainable menstruation should look like.
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SINGLE-USE MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS, BABY NAPPIES & WET WIPES: Investigating the impact of these single-use items across Europe
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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Ensuring menstrual products are safe, affordable and accessible
Alexandra Gorman Scranton is the Director of Science and Research for Women’s Voices for the Earth. Her role is looking at the science, combing through the medical literature, and looking at products as well – looking for ingredients of concern and where we’re being exposed to them, and then looking for what we know about those ingredients. She sat down with ptfperiod.info for an interview.
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VOCs and Feminine Hygiene Products: What You Should Know
New research from the Journal of Women’s Health exploring the relationship between the use of feminine hygiene products and exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) has found that vaginal douches and feminine powders significantly increase the concentration of these chemicals in women’s bodies.
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No wipes are ‘flushable’: wrong claims may mislead consumers
Adapted from ‘Be Good A**Holes’ from My Green Pod. Article available at: https://www.mygreenpod.com/articles/be-good-aholes/ The UK’s Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has
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Greenwashing Plastic: The Problem with Plant-Based Tampon Applicators
Adapted from ‘The Shocking Truth About Plant-Based Plastic Applicators’ from natracare. Article available at: https://www.natracare.com/blog/shocking-truth-plant-based-plastic-applicators/ As awareness of the many
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