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9 Horrifying Facts about Tampons and Sanitary Pads

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Menstruation is a monthly discharge of bloody fluid from the uterus. For many women this event is sometimes painful, inconvenient and disturbing. When this monthly period comes, women use tampons or sanitary pads to avoid leaks and stains. However, they don’t know the risks of using these things.

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Here are 9 horrifying facts about tampons and sanitary pads.

1. Sanitary pads contain cellulose, especially the super-absorbent pads, which can cause cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is one of the causes of deaths to many women around the world.

2. Sanitary pads contain chemicals that lead to numerous infections and diseases. Sanitary pads and tampons have dioxin causing an abnormal growth of tissue in the reproductive organs. Moreover, rayon, also contains dioxin, is used to boost the capacity of pads in absorbing discharges.

3. Deodorized sanitary pads can harm your health. It causes infertility and birth defects to women.

4. Sanitary pads contain pesticides and herbicides. These chemicals will go to your bloodstream that lead to cancer.

5. Sanitary pads contain synthetic material to block the wetness and temperature while using the pad. This material leads to the growth of yeast and bacteria, resulting an itchiness and bad odor in vaginal area. Over the time it will affect your immune system and the worse is it may infect your body and toxins will enter the bloodstream.

6. Tampons contain phthalates, also called plasticizers, makes the tampons a smooth product. Phthalates or plasticizers can damage multiple organs.

9 Horrifying Facts about Tampons and Sanitary Pads

7. Using sanitary pads or tampons should be changed every 4 hours. If you don’t, it can cause Toxic Shock Syndrome or even death. Using sanitary pads or tampons lead to an overgrowth of bacteria called staphylococcus aureus present in the vagina, which can cause Toxic Shock Syndrome or even death.

8. A news was published recently in the US about a 13-year-old girl named, Jemma-Louise Roberts who died because of Toxic Shock Syndrome. Spread this awareness to save your loved ones.

9. A research was conducted, a woman may use 16,800 pads in her entire life, which is a big problem because these pads are non-biodegradable and cannot even be recycled. One pad is as big as 4 plastic bags. Think of it, a landfill full of disposable pads wherein women all around the world used in their whole life.

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Merriam Webster
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