scare, too!)In a recent , researchers from the University of California, Berkeley discovered traces of arsenic, lead, mercury, nickel, copper, and iron in tampons—leaving many women wondering how safe their menstrual care products really are.“Despite this large potential for public health concern, very little research has been done to measure chemicals in tampons,” Jenni Shearston, lead author of the study. “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.”“I thought it was just me, to the point where I brought it up to my doctor—like, Is there something wrong with my period?”The mere idea of arsenic in tampons is certainly concerning.
After all, exposure to the metals found in these menstrual products have been previously linked to a range of health issues, including dementia, , diabetes, and cancer, along with damage to the cardiovascular, nervous, and endocrine systems.
But how worried should we really be?“Arsenic, lead, and other toxic metals are known to be harmful at high levels of exposure," Dr.
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