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.

The news about potentially harmful chemicals in tampons sparked my curiosity to explore alternative options. So, there I was, ...

The FDA recently announced it will investigate the potential harm of toxic metals in tampons. The investigation was spurred, in part, by a study conducted by a group of scientists including ...

Phoenix, AZ, Oct. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A recent paper by Shearston et al.,” Tampons as a source of exposure to metal(loid)s,” revealed their testing had ...

So, the family rushed her to a hospital. Doctors concluded it was a case of toxic shock syndrome from a tampon that had been worn for many hours. Besides the use of (super-absorbent) tampons for ...

Gwen Walz, wife of Minnesota governor and Democratic vice presidential hopeful Tim Walz, indicated offering tampons in school bathrooms would help students learn to read during an appearance on ...

In a 2000 study, researchers in South Africa used tampons to detect sexually transmitted infections in women, finding 247 cases of the parasite trichomonas, which causes the infection trichomoniasis.

“The people of Appalachia right now don’t give a function about tampons. They need water. They need to get out,” he said. Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana appeared on “Hannity” during ...