C's said it first - arsenic in women's feminine products

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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.”

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Session 27 February 2016
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L) What about the arsenic? Who had all had arsenic?

(Andromeda) Me and Timótheos were high. Where did that arsenic come from?

A: Timótheos: job. Andromeda: products used.

Q: (Andromeda) Arsenic in products.

(L) Maybe we should look up and see what they put arsenic in.

(Joe) They said it comes from beauty products, and...

A: Whitener for some feminine products.

Q: (Andromeda) They were trying to be discrete! [laughter]

(Pierre) They put toxins in that?! That's evil...

(Joe) The whole world's evil the way they make stuff.
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Thank you for bringing this to our attention. For years, I have been an advocate of moon cups. I'm wondering if they are perfectly safe, but I guess the chances are higher that they are, if they are made out of 100% silicone and BPA and lead-free, of course (lead can be used in colouring agents).
 
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