Some menstrual products -- pads, tampons, cups, and underwear -- contain harmful 'forever chemicals,' according to new research.
and immune suppression, there are few regulatory limits on PFAS or period products in the United States or Europe.
"Once these products are thrown away, they go to landfills and decay, releasing PFAS into groundwater," he said in a meeting news release. "And we, or later generations, could end up inadvertently ingesting them."For this study, researchers analyzed a variety of period products, from single-use to reusable products.
The amount of fluorine in wrappers was a surprise to the scientists. So, too, was the amount in outer layers of some period underwear.
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