"60 Million Consumers" magazine tested 11 protections feminine.
The results are cause for concern for all women:pesticide residues were found in 5 of them!
“Potentially toxic” substances in tampons and feminine protections?
This is the worrying conclusion of this survey, conducted by the magazine of the National Institute of Consumption.
You thought that your sanitary protections were made only of cotton? Think again. Dioxins, glyphosate, pesticides... it's the funny toxic cocktail that invites itself in tampons and feminine protections.
Suspected of being endocrine disruptors, hindsight and studies are lacking to know precisely the consequences on women's health.
Certainly the levels revealed are low... but the magazine nevertheless wishes that the public authorities put in place stricter controls.
In the meantime, the fact remains that 5 of the 11 feminine protections studied by the review are concerned by the presence of these potentially harmful chemicals. Traces of dioxins were detected in two major brands out of three, among those tested.
Even more surprisingly, residues of glyphosate (a component of pesticides like Roundup) have been found in tampons from a supposedly organic brand.
The INC wants regulations to be adopted to ensure more transparency, stricter controls and the display of the composition of tampons and sanitary napkins.
Because today, no one knows exactly how Tampax, Always, Nett, Vania and Nana tampons and sanitary napkins are made... apart from the manufacturers themselves.
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