
Tampon manufacturers, towels and other menstrual protections still have enormous progress to preserve the health of menstruated people. A new report made by several British NGOs reveals the presence of glyphosate in fifteen brands of hygienic stamps marketed in the United Kingdom. According to their survey, levels of concentration of this pesticide (considered as probable carcinogenic for humans) can go up to 0.004 mg/kg … or forty times more than the legal limit for drinking water in the United Kingdom! One of the hypotheses mentioned explaining how these substances are found in products such as periodic protections is that glyphosate has been able to infiltrate Used in cotton cultivation fields.
Faced with this observation, the NGOs at the origin of the survey recommend setting up a regulatory system with a test process in order to guarantee the absence of pesticides in periodic hygiene products. “Women, young girls and people who have their rules use an average of 11,000 disposable menstrual products during their lifetime. Despite the prolific use of these products, the potential impact on the health of chemicals they can contain is largely ignored,” recalls a publication on the Pesticide Network website, British NGO co-author.
It has now been several years since NGOs and scientists alert us to the toxic composition of menstrual protections. In July 2024, an American study revealed the presence of several heavy metals (arsenic, cadmium, chrome, lead, vanadium) in 24 buffer brands sold in Europe and the United States. Other older studies have been carried out, especially in France. In 2019, the magazine 60 million consumers was sounding the alarm in a comparative test carried out to verify the presence of chemical compounds in periodic protections. The results indicated the presence of residues of several harmful substances, like phthalates, dioxins and … glyphosate.