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Toxic arsenic and lead commonly found in tampons: landmark study
Take this in — a new study of 30 tampons from 14 brands finds they contain toxic metals like lead and arsenic.
“Despite this large potential for public health concern, very little research has been done to measure chemicals in tampons,” said lead study author Jenni A. Shearston, a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California Berkeley. “To our knowledge, this is the first paper to measure metals in tampons. Concerningly, we found concentrations of all metals we tested for, including toxic metals like arsenic and lead.”
Take this in — a new study of 30 tampons from 14 brands finds they contain toxic metals like lead and arsenic.
“Despite this large potential for public health concern, very little research has been done to measure chemicals in tampons,” said lead study author Jenni A. Shearston, a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California Berkeley. “To our knowledge, this is the first paper to measure metals in tampons. Concerningly, we found concentrations of all metals we tested for, including toxic metals like arsenic and lead.”