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Your go-to sanitary product likely has harmful heavy metals in it, even if the label doesn’t say so!
We know what you're thinking: a relatively tiny chunk of Indians use tampons. But while this study …
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Inmates at Ghislaine Maxwell's prison are plugging leaks with tampons and eating moldy food
Inspectors who conducted a surprise visit to FCI Tallahassee found moldy food, rodents, and menstru…
Natalie Musumeci
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Lil Nas X dressed up as a blood-soaked tampon for Halloween, and not everyone was impressed
Fans were divided over Lil Nas X's Halloween costume inspired by a bloody tampon. Some found it fun…
Maria Noyen
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I'm the Gen Z founder of a period-care company using my business to push back on the 'tampon tax'
Nadya Okamoto says her for-profit business provides more opportunities to make change. Her latest c…
Alexandra York
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Marjorie Taylor Greene blamed trans people for the tampon shortage. She's completely wrong.
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene blamed the tampon shortage on trans people, but experts say glo…
Urooba Jamal
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Tampon 'turbulence' is causing Instacart's personal shoppers to struggle to find the item in stores
In a statement, Instacart's trend expert said the company's seeing "tampon turbulence" in the app d…
Britney Nguyen
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Marjorie Taylor Greene is spreading a baseless, transphobic rumor that the tampon shortage should be blamed on trans people
Greene claimed that tampons, which are in short supply due to supply chain issues, are unavailable …
Cheryl Teh
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Tampon manufacturers are trying to ramp up production as US Senator labels shortages 'very troubling'
The US is witnessing a squeeze on tampon supplies linked to supply chain snarls, which have also pu…
Abby Wallace
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There's a tampon shortage in the US. Here's what you need to know.
The US is experiencing a shortage of tampons on store shelves. The maker of Tampax blames a popular…
Heather Marcoux
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6 protesters were arrested after some threw tampons on the floor while the Nebraska legislature voted to restrict gender-affirming care and abortion
Nebraska passed the Let Them Grow Act on Friday, which bans "gender altering" surgery for anyone un…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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A 30-year-old has free bled since she was 15. The detention center where she lived for 3 years banned tampons.
Shaylyn Wade didn't realize there was a tampon shortage, as she's been free bleeding with toilet pa…
Julia Naftulin
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The only Tampax factory in the US pays $25 an hour and still can't hire enough workers, as tampon and labor shortages collide
The Tampax factory in Maine is a microcosm of the supply-chain snags, shortages, inflation, and hir…
Hannah Towey
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Period underwear is a reliable and reusable alternative to pads and tampons — here's how it works
Period underwear can be a more simple, sustainable option for menstrual hygiene because it uses fab…
Jocelyn Solis-Moreira,Rosara Torrisi
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A teenager had mysterious pains for years. Then she discovered multiple tampons under her cervix.
Melanie Galeaz said she started experiencing body aches and problems "down south" when she was 14, …
Andrea Michelson
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Target, Walgreens, and CVS are alerting customers about a tampon shortage, which has reportedly been going on for months
There is a tampon shortage that is unevenly affecting different parts of the country and uneven bra…
Gabrielle Bienasz
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Canada's captain played with a tampon up his nose during a World Cup game
Fans back home were quick to compare Atiba Hutchinson's unorthodox move to an iconic scene from Ama…
Meredith Cash
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Tiger Woods apologizes after pranking his playing partner with a tampon during Genesis Invitational round: 'It was supposed to be all fun and games'
Following the incident on Thursday, Tiger Woods told reporters the gesture was meant to be a joke; …
Clay Walker
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From Tampax's eye-raising tampon tweets to Burger King's Pride buns, the 7 biggest social media fails by brands in 2022
Other companies learned the hard way that dirty jokes, while attention-garnering, can also fall spe…
Geoff Weiss,Tanya Chen
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Serena Williams shared hilarious footage of her daughter, Olympia, mistaking a tampon for a cat toy
Williams held back her laughter at her daughter's mistake, but had to intervene when she went off t…
Barnaby Lane
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This period product company says it has developed the first flushable tampon wrapper
UK-based Daye wants to tackle period waste problems by creating sustainable products made from hemp…