Ladies, and gentleman.. please be aware of this. I read this interesting article about the analysis of what makes a sanitary napkin and tampon, and I get the shivers thinking how we are regularly exposed to hazardous elements month after month for so many years! I will share with you the content of the article as I have read it, and let you decide whether or not there is any truth to what is said.
No wonder so many women in the world suffer from cervical cancer and womb tumors. Have you heard that tampon makers include asbestos in tampons? Eiii... Why would they do this?
Because asbestos makes you bleed more, if you bleed more, you’re going to need to use more. Why isn’t this against the law since asbestos is so dangerous? Because the powers that be, in all their wisdom (not), did not consider tampons as being ingested, and, therefore, didn’t consider them illegal or dangerous.
A woman getting her Ph.D. at University of Colorado at Boulder sent the following: ‘I am writing this because women are not being informed about the dangers of something most of us use: tampons. I am taking a class this month and I have been learning a lot about biology and women, including much about feminine hygiene. Recently we have learned that tampons are actually dangerous. I’ll tell you this – after learning about this in our class, most of the females wound up feeling angry and upset with the tampon industry, and I for one, am going to do something about it.To start, I want to inform everyone I can, and email is the fastest way that I know how.
HERE IS THE SCOOP:
Tampons contain two things that are potentially harmful: Rayon (for absorbency), and dioxin (a chemical used in bleaching the products). The tampon industry is convinced that we, as women, need bleached white products in order to view the product as pure and clean. The problem here is that the dioxin, which is produced in this bleaching process, can lead to very harmful problems for a woman. Dioxin is potentially carcinogenic cancer-associated and is toxic to the immune and reproductive systems. It has also been linked to endometriosis and lower sperm counts for men. For both sexes, it breaks down the immune system.
Tampons contain two things that are potentially harmful: Rayon (for absorbency), and dioxin (a chemical used in bleaching the products). The tampon industry is convinced that we, as women, need bleached white products in order to view the product as pure and clean. The problem here is that the dioxin, which is produced in this bleaching process, can lead to very harmful problems for a woman. Dioxin is potentially carcinogenic cancer-associated and is toxic to the immune and reproductive systems. It has also been linked to endometriosis and lower sperm counts for men. For both sexes, it breaks down the immune system.
Last September, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported that there really is no set ‘acceptable’ level of exposure to dioxin given that it is cumulative and slow to disintegrate. The real danger comes from repeated contact Karen Couppert ‘Pulling the Plug on the Tampon Industry’. I’d say using about 4-5 tampons a day, five days a month, for 38 menstruating years is ‘repeated contact’, wouldn’t you? Rayon contributes to the danger of tampons and dioxin because it is a highly absorbent substance. Therefore, when fibers from the tampons are left behind in the vagina (as usually occurs), it creates a breeding ground for the dioxin. It also stays in a lot longer than it would with just cotton tampons. This is also the reason why TSS (toxic shock syndrome) occurs.
WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES?
Using feminine hygiene products that aren’t bleached and that are all cotton. Other feminine hygiene products (pads/napkins) contain dioxin as well, but they are not nearly as dangerous since they are not in direct contact with the vagina. The pads/napkins need to stop being bleached, but, obviously, tampons are the most dangerous.
So, what can you do if you can’t give up using tampons? Use tampons that are made from 100% cotton, and that are UNBLEACHED. Unfortunately, there are very few companies that make these safe tampons. They are usually only found in health food stores.
Countries all over the world (Sweden , Germany , British Columbia , etc.) have demanded a switch to this safer tampon, while the U.S. has decided to keep us in the dark about it. In 1989, activists in England mounted a campaign against chlorine bleaching. Six weeks and 50,000 letters later, the makers of sanitary products switched to oxygen bleaching (one of the green methods available) (MS magazine, May/June 1995).
AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO USE SANITARY NAPKINS/PADS:
If u ever wondered what were the ingredients that made popular brands so ‘free and light and carefree’, well here’s the bit: The material that makes the pad so paper THIN, is cellulose gel. Yeap, it’s not even cotton!
DO NOT wear the same pad for more than 3 hours of a maximum. After this duration, the genital area is prone to bacterial action and may result in cervical cancer or other complications!
So, ladies out there..are we going to put ourselves in this highly risk? Research had been done and approved, they also suggest us to change to the one that made of 100% cotton. Now, take a move..and change to HERBAL SANITARY PAD from AVAIL BEAUTY.. feel free to contact us.. 012-5225980 (cikgu zaihan) or 012-5205980 (cikgu yazee) .. (if we are not free, just leave your message..TQ) or email us: chantiquestore@gmail.com
