Menstruation is the worst time of the month for many women. Poor well-being and bleeding can be a real pain. When we stand in front of a shelf in a cosmetics store, we often wonder which product to buy. In some situations, tampons will work better, in others. However, the latest research shows that the latter option may not be a good choice.
Are Tampons Safe? Report Gives Food for Thought
Researchers from the University of California at Berkeley put tampons under the microscope. They checked the measurement of toxic metals in products from several brands sold in the United States and Europe. They checked the concentrations of the following chemical elements: lead, arsenic, mercury, cadmium, nickel, barium, calcium, cobalt, chromium, copper, iron, manganese, selenium, strontium, vanadium and zinc.
It turned out that lead was present in 30 tampons from 14 different brands. One of them contained all 16 substances. This is revolutionary information, because until now no one was interested in this. “To our knowledge, this is the first document that measures the metal content in tampons,” said Jenni A. Shearston, a doctoral candidate at the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Scientists have concluded that metals increase the risk of dementia, infertility, diabetes, and cancer. They can damage the liver, kidneys, cardiovascular, nervous, and endocrine systems. They will now test whether metals can penetrate the mucous membrane into the woman’s body. So far, we know that the inorganic tampons had higher levels of lead, and the organic tampons had higher levels of arsenic. Shearston is calling on manufacturers to test their products for the metals. “It would be exciting to see a public call for this or a request for better labeling of tampons and other menstrual products,” she said. If you’d like, please vote in our poll below.
Source: Gazeta
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