If you give a hoot about the environment, ditch your tampon and make a huge impact.
80%
of U.S. menstruating women use tampons.
80%
16,000
The average American woman is estimated to use up to
16,000 tampons in her lifetime.
You seriously need to cut tampons out of your life.
Here's why you should.
taxes
taxes
$10 million
The gov makes serious cash off of your flow - to the tune of
$10 million
a year. That sh*t cray.
There isn't necessarily a "tampon tax." Rather, states tax goods that aren't necessities, with tampons being on that list. This targets only women that are already on the wrong end of the wage gap...
Minnesota, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania don't tax tampons. Gold star for them!
(fun facts)
(Fun Facts)
toxic shock syndrome
toxic shock syndrome
Sustainability
Sustainability
Cash money
cash money
$75-$100
Women spend
$75-$100
a year on tampons and pads alone.
$3 billion
That means major tampon companies are making over
$3 billion
on our periods every year.
Thats, like, A LOT of tampons...
and a lot of plastic... and waste.
So here's my beef with the gov about tampons - they don't require tampon companies to tell us whats in them... wtflow.
dioxins
Tampons contain dioxins which are byproducts of the bleaching process involved in the manufacturing of tampons.
But the tampon companies didn't give us this info... the World Health Organization did.
highly toxic
carcinogen
Dioxins are highly toxic and are a known carcinogen... Idk, I don't really feel like inserting the literal cause of TSS & cancer in my lady parts.
medical devices.
Tampon companies don't need to disclose their ingredients because the FDA considers tampons as medical devices.
What can you do?
What can you do?
Switch to a menstrual cup!
Switch to a menstrual cup!
Go organic!
Go organic!
Stay in the know!
Stay in the know!
Check out my sources to get more info on your tampon. There's some pretty cool stuff if you ask me...
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Skip the scents.
Skip the scents.
$75 a year.
They aren't as scary as you think. And if you make the switch, you will save at least
$75 a year.
and you will do your part to reduce waste in the environment!
You are also eliminating your exposure to the toxic materials used in tampons. No TSS for you, hunnie.
If you're simply not interested in ditching your tampon, thats understandable.
Choosing to at least skip the scented tampons will make a big difference for you as scented tampons can mess with the pH balance in your vagina. Not good.
CMC, insecticides, GMOs
Vaginas are one the most absorbent parts of the body. Stop littering yours with
CMC, insecticides, GMOs
and other inorganic compounds by using organic tampons. This can help out the environment, too!
Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS): a rare, life-threatening complication of certain types of bacterial infections associated primarily with the use of super-absorbent tampons.
TSS is caused by weird sh*t in tampons that the government doesn't closely regulate because TSS is "rare."