An estimated 33.53 million Americans use tampons as part of their menstrual hygiene, according to Statista. Additionally, more than 100 million people use tampons daily across the world, according to ...

Tampons, period underwear and the like get intimately close to women who use them, and naturally shouldn't contain anything potentially harmful. So many women were understandably alarmed when a recent ...

A groundbreaking study published in Environment International has sparked new concerns about the safety of tampons, revealing the presence of toxic metals in these widely used menstrual products. The ...

PITTSBURGH — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is now working on a big research project to look at the possible effects of toxic metals in tampons. This comes after a study published in July found ...

The study also found that products sold in the US had higher concentrations of lead than those marketed in Europe. HealthDay News — The US Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it will ...

There are certain words you don’t want associated with things you put inside of your body. “Toxic” is one, and “metals” is another. So when a 2024 study found that there are toxic metals in tampons, ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Health officials at the Food and Drug Administration are launching an investigation into toxic metals found in tampons and what risk they may pose to women who use them.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Health officials at ...