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INDEX: Menstrual Information, Natural Sea-Silk Sponges, The Keeper, The DivaCup, BTL Cloth Menstrual Pads, Mama Hemp™ menstrual pads, Natracare Menstrual Products, Bravado Nursing bras, Decent Exposures bras, Bra Extenders
It's like a phantom in my vagina.
nastyfeminism funk?! Well, snap out of it! Today, our ladies are discussing a usually taboo topic: PERIODS! They say things you've been thinking, test feminine products you didn't know existed and have a bloody good time doing it!! #GirlPower
Natracare Menstrual Products |
LENA Feminine Hygiene Cup |
CONGRATULATIONS! to all of you who have already made the switch to organic, dioxin-free or reusable menstrual products!
For those of you who haven't switched yet, be sure to read these articles:
• Menstrual Products and Health - breast cancer and other illnesses have been linked to some menstrual products - by Kirk and Stacey Johnson
• Feminine Female Ecology Notes - information on menstrual products - by Born to Love
• Women Taking the Women Taking the Initiative For a Safer Environment - information on dioxin-free menstrual products - from Natracare
• Fast Facts from Whitewash - environmental information
• Backgrounder: What Are Organochlorines? And Why Are They So Dangerous? - environmental concerns about disposable
menstrual products and diapers
• What Women Can Do What Women Can Do To Stop the Whitewash - toxins in menstrual products
Menstrual Statistics:
• Number of women in Canada between the ages of 12 and 45 (in 1988 was) - 6,949,300. 1
• Number of disposable
pads estimably used by women in Canada per year is over TWO BILLION!! (Based on each woman using 26 pads per month)
• Amount spent per FIVE years on disposable
pads by one woman is $360.00 (Based on a woman using 26 pads/month @ $6.00/box)
• Amount saved over FIVE year period by purchasing one dozen washable, reusable cotton pads is $300.00!
• The saving on our environment is worthy of consideration also. Cotton pads will last for several years, and are not harmful to the environment as the disposable
pads are.
1. From Catalogue #91-210. Post Enfal Annual Estimate of Population by Marital Status, Age, Sex and Components of Growth for Canada, Provinces and Territories. 6/88
The Dioxin Issue:
Cloth Menstrual Pads |
Women are being exposed to poisonous compounds when they use sanitary protection products:
• A chlorine bleaching process is used in the production of sanitary napkins and tampons... only to give the products a pure white
appearance.
• The same process is also often used in paper towels, disposable
diapers, coffee filters and milk cartons.
• Chlorine bleaching of pulp and paper products (such as sanitary napkins) generates dioxin, one of the most lethal poisons ever created. Measurable dioxin quantities remain in the paper products produced.
• Dioxins can enter our bodies by passing through the skin. The risks include: changes to the immune system, birth defects, reproductive problems and production of cancers.
• Women have regular and direct contact with chlorine bleached sanitary protection products; yet, this issue has been neglected in the dioxin debate.
Sea Pearls Natural Sea Sponge Tampons |
Tampon Risks:
A study undertaken by Drs. Eduard Friedrich and Kenneth Siegesmund published in the February 1980 issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology reports: Visible alterations in the vaginal surface have been identified among tampon users. Such alterations include mucosal drying and micro-ulcerations.
These findings are significant, since researchers believe the bacteria causing Toxic Shock Syndrome (staphylococcus aureous) can only cause infections when access is gained to the bloodstream through a wound site. Healthy tissue has a natural immunity to most forms of bacteria. Sea-silk sponges (used as menstrual sponges), The Keeper, and The DivaCup (latex-free), are found to be non-abrasive and do not cause the excessive drying of the mucous layer protecting the vaginal surface.
This article compliments of Born to Love.
Organic Disposable Menstrual Products |
Reusable Cloth Menstrual Pads |
Reusable Menstrual Cup |
Sea Pearls Natural Sea Sponge Tampons |
More Menstrual Resources:
• Online Resources
• Books to Read
• Charting Cycles
• Articles
• Discussion Lists
• Make-Your-Own
Menstrual Articles
• Menstrual Products and Health
• Feminine Ecology Notes
• Women Taking the Initiative for a Safer Environment
• Fast Facts from Whitewash
• Backgrounder: What Are Organochlorines? And Why Are They So Dangerous?
• What Women Can Do to Stop the Whitewash
• More On-line Articles
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Last updated - April 5, 2024
