For most of human history, menstruation and products women have had to use as this monthly

reminder of womanhood have been associated with unfortunate taboos and stigmas.

Thank God now things have changed and we can openly talk about this as a society.

This is a good thing where it goes bad is what we are using and what is actually being

inserted in left into a woman's body.

On average women are using 16,000 tampons and over 70% of the women are using tampons as

a way to help manage this menstruation flow.

In this episode we will break down the chemicals that are commonly and unfortunately found in

tampons and how they can affect the body and what we can do instead.

Welcome to Fatal Conveniences where we address the things we may be doing in our daily lives

that are actually harming us and in some cases slowly killing us, tap water, teflon, caffeine,

blue light, food additives, you name it, we dive into it.

We take a critical look at everyday products that really are affecting us and our bodies

and the environment and how we can avoid them and find a solution.

So let's dive in.

The invention of the tampon expanded women's options and that is awesome.

Both menstruation flow and management solutions allowed women to be more active, more physically

active while they are menstruating.

Before the invention of the commercial tampon women around the world, fashion devices

similar to the tampon with various materials to absorb menstruation flow and menstrual blood.

Many of those materials were things like wool, vegetable fibers, even grass.

That's right, grass, sponges and paper.

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