Tampons may contain "toxic levels" of lead and arsenic in them, study warns

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  • Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
  • Tampons sold under various popular brands may contain toxic metals such as arsenic and lead, according to a recent study out of the University of Berkeley in California.
    The study, published in the latest volume of Environmental International, found that all 30 tampons tested from 14 brands - including organic tampons - contained lead, with some showing concerning levels of other toxic metals like arsenic.
    But despite the large potential for public health concern, she told Global News that very little research has been done to measure chemicals in tampons.
    Health reporter Katherine Ward has more on what scientists found, and what doctors want you to know about the potential risk.
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Комментарии • 118

  • @katyafaucher4468
    @katyafaucher4468 Месяц назад +17

    She couldn’t name the brands for legal reasons? I don’t buy that. It is her responsibility as a scientist to share her findings.

  • @Gurl_nnnn
    @Gurl_nnnn Месяц назад +23

    The saddest thing is that the video ended with them saying it's just too soon to know whether it's toxic or not... literally showing how the lack of information about female anatomy and the things females put in their bodies since ages!!!! It's not a surprise!!! It's disappointing to know that we've been using tampon since ever and NOW they'r being studied and it's still "Too soon to know"

  • @samanthab6223
    @samanthab6223 Месяц назад +25

    I wonder if they'll test pads as well. Nothing seems safe anymore.

  • @karenacton3854
    @karenacton3854 Месяц назад +113

    Not surprised!!! If men used these, they would have been checked and tested relentlessly BEFORE being sold! What a joke.

    • @dixonyaarmouf4630
      @dixonyaarmouf4630 Месяц назад

      @@karenacton3854 this seems quite unlikely Karen. For your awareness, thanks to Justin Dildeau’s social engineering programs, tampons are also available in men’s washrooms 😉

    • @ZenCorvus
      @ZenCorvus Месяц назад +26

      So you're literally saying that the only people that are protected in society are men and that we purposefully set women up to suffer?

    • @JEdwarrd
      @JEdwarrd Месяц назад

      @@ZenCorvus My guess is "karen34873472374" is a bot.
      Trying to annoy ppl in order to create division.

    • @kanuduh5234
      @kanuduh5234 Месяц назад +14

      A real life KAREN! Holy schmokes!

    • @deesmith6363
      @deesmith6363 Месяц назад +14

      ​@@kanuduh5234 I'm no gynecologist, but I know a Karen when I see one.

  • @dublingirl1470
    @dublingirl1470 Месяц назад +24

    Not surprised! I stopped using them in my early 20s

    • @hanatirk4375
      @hanatirk4375 Месяц назад +2

      What do you use? Please advise

  • @pinkroses135
    @pinkroses135 Месяц назад +10

    Can they start including tylenols and ibuprofens in them

  • @FarmingUnclear
    @FarmingUnclear Месяц назад +28

    Lower fertility rates, anyone?

  • @sadib4782
    @sadib4782 Месяц назад +2

    i’m literally watching and learning this while i have one of these inside my body right now and honestly im in tears and just feel completely sick. im terrified for the health consequences this could result in for myself and so many other people.

  • @user-xl3uz5zm5m
    @user-xl3uz5zm5m Месяц назад +17

    They are really reckless with our lives!!! We put our trust in them, that’s the thanks we get!!!

    • @user-qk9he7se5w
      @user-qk9he7se5w Месяц назад +3

      8 most terrifying words in the English language is "I'm from the government I'm here to help"

  • @deesmith6363
    @deesmith6363 Месяц назад +26

    That explains the high occurrence of children being born with problems and women having hysterectomies due to cancerous cysts.

    • @rupertperiwinkle4477
      @rupertperiwinkle4477 Месяц назад +4

      EXPLAIN YOUR RESEARCH POST IT

    • @deesmith6363
      @deesmith6363 Месяц назад +4

      WHAT'S UP WITH THE CAPS LOCK?

    • @rupertperiwinkle4477
      @rupertperiwinkle4477 Месяц назад +3

      @@deesmith6363 WHERE IS YOUR PEER REVIEWED RESEARCH YOU WERE REFERENCING? …… CAPS.

  • @martinhumble
    @martinhumble Месяц назад +14

    That's why I dont use them anymore.
    /A man

  • @beachday4439
    @beachday4439 Месяц назад +2

    Spread the word, or this will be covered up. This is outrageous.

  • @aavvcc
    @aavvcc Месяц назад +20

    Test pads too

  • @BB-nb9ls
    @BB-nb9ls Месяц назад +31

    Perfect. No wonder we’re all dropping like flies. Awesome world we live in 👍🏽 thanks government 😑 who cares about us right? Damn.

    • @JEdwarrd
      @JEdwarrd Месяц назад

      Thanks companies for profiting off poisoning us. Interesting how you *forget* to mention that detail.

    • @frankvonfrauner
      @frankvonfrauner Месяц назад

      They fail to regulate everything they attempt to, then they try to convince us they only failed because they need more regulation.
      Then when it comes time to fine or punish an offender, they're protected by legislation that stops the people who were harmed from being able to recover all of their damages.

  • @frankvonfrauner
    @frankvonfrauner Месяц назад +5

    No wonder Trudeau wants military men to have them.

  • @quickcare1
    @quickcare1 Месяц назад +6

    And we are just now finding this out???

  • @aavvcc
    @aavvcc Месяц назад +9

    So what is being done about this?

    • @BATDAN_92
      @BATDAN_92 Месяц назад +7

      Nothing cause no one cares

    • @bies22
      @bies22 Месяц назад +6

      probably nothing 😍😍

  • @kefs
    @kefs Месяц назад +9

    Y'all aren't using moss anymore?

  • @zyral.f.6938
    @zyral.f.6938 Месяц назад +7

    Never used them, nasty things that never worked anyway.

  • @acaciajacqueline
    @acaciajacqueline Месяц назад +1

    Ya im just gunna go ahead and not use them ever again... Also the moment i switched to pads, my migraines and cramps were much less severe so...

  • @angelanderson9515
    @angelanderson9515 27 дней назад

    So then why sell it to us ????

  • @HanakoFairhall
    @HanakoFairhall Месяц назад

    Another thing to put on my list of why I don't like Tampons.
    Tried them, found them REALLY uncomfortable, and I was put off by the whole "toxic shock syndrome" thing.

  • @kellyharrison9489
    @kellyharrison9489 Месяц назад +8

    China. I bet my life.

  • @Stardusted1
    @Stardusted1 Месяц назад +9

    So why? Why?

    • @----5247
      @----5247 Месяц назад

      "Tampons are made of cotton and cotton often has chemicals in it." Holy cow, you didn't even listen to the first setence
      It means cotton plantations have been polluted

    • @XetaXones
      @XetaXones Месяц назад +9

      Endocrine disruption= infertility

  • @user-wz1qo1cn3i
    @user-wz1qo1cn3i 25 дней назад

    But doesn't liquid go INTO tampons, so the metal would not come out?

  • @rupertperiwinkle4477
    @rupertperiwinkle4477 Месяц назад +10

    Great, just use pads

    • @jadechaya9025
      @jadechaya9025 Месяц назад +4

      Also made of cotton

    • @rupertperiwinkle4477
      @rupertperiwinkle4477 Месяц назад +2

      @@jadechaya9025 which does not remain inserted inside a vagina, where mucosal membranes are absorbing the toxic chemicals from a tampon. Pads reduce the risk

    • @Madiiluv11
      @Madiiluv11 Месяц назад +1

      @@jadechaya9025pads are also very unsanitary

    • @ek0dev
      @ek0dev Месяц назад +2

      ​@@Madiiluv11 what else are people supposed to use then?

    • @Madiiluv11
      @Madiiluv11 Месяц назад

      @@ek0dev I think that’s what people are trying to figure out and I’m sorry I’m just a germafob

  • @laykay6225
    @laykay6225 Месяц назад +4

    What is the purpose of even having these substances in the tampons

    • @frankvonfrauner
      @frankvonfrauner Месяц назад +1

      Probably from the machines and chemicals that process the cotton

    • @rosameryrojas-delcerro1059
      @rosameryrojas-delcerro1059 Месяц назад

      Pesticides and herbicides, plus plants absorb things from the soil, as they grow. That is why organics they said were the worst, they are treated less...

  • @taxidermycat
    @taxidermycat Месяц назад

    All of a sudden!!!!!!!!

  • @caterpuss
    @caterpuss Месяц назад +1

    I got a big frown right now.

  • @insertname1841
    @insertname1841 Месяц назад

    Science!

  • @dixonyaarmouf4630
    @dixonyaarmouf4630 Месяц назад +10

    Are these the same tampons that are in the men’s bathrooms 🚽?

    • @mariadamedecoeur
      @mariadamedecoeur Месяц назад +1

      Probably yes and no need to answer if it's dangerous... Did you ever heard about how a suppository acts 2 times faster than a pill?

    • @MrUranium238
      @MrUranium238 Месяц назад +1

      gender neutral tampons ?

    • @rupertperiwinkle4477
      @rupertperiwinkle4477 Месяц назад

      NO

    • @rosameryrojas-delcerro1059
      @rosameryrojas-delcerro1059 Месяц назад +1

      30 types from 14 brands, likely everything on the shelf....

  • @johntitorii6676
    @johntitorii6676 Месяц назад

    Single use plastic?

  • @sandeaterevie
    @sandeaterevie Месяц назад +2

    They also found cadmium. Ftr I even have to be careful when I PAINT with cadmium 😬

  • @Queen_of_the_night84
    @Queen_of_the_night84 Месяц назад +1

    Oh yeah don’t tell us lol just tell us it’s killing us 😂can’t say the brand 😆 thanks

    • @user-wz1qo1cn3i
      @user-wz1qo1cn3i 25 дней назад

      Oh come on, can't you figure out its the brand T and brand K?

  • @fakereality96
    @fakereality96 Месяц назад +2

    Damn you, Putin!

  • @ZenCorvus
    @ZenCorvus Месяц назад +12

    As a man who has fallen in love with Justin Trudeau's policies that have landed tampons in the men's bathroom so that men can use them, this is really good to know. As a man I have been using them as they are free to use but I've only got one spot to put it and I'm not sure I'm doing it right

    • @kanuduh5234
      @kanuduh5234 Месяц назад +2

      Dylan Mulvaney may be able to help you out, chum! ;D

    • @Joemamarickroll
      @Joemamarickroll Месяц назад +3

      😂

    • @jadechaya9025
      @jadechaya9025 Месяц назад +2

      Women are slowly getting poisoned every month, and this is your response? Would you want your wife to be infertile?

    • @kanuduh5234
      @kanuduh5234 Месяц назад +3

      @@jadechaya9025 It was facetious humor, chill out. Take out your anger on the ones who've been poisoning you, not the people on your side.

    • @humble2246
      @humble2246 Месяц назад

      ​@jadechaya9025 men have insanely higher deaths in every category. I would say do you want your husband to die but I know you single anyways 😂😂

  • @pinkroses135
    @pinkroses135 Месяц назад

    I wanna do mashed potatoes so I don't have to eat dinner all the time. We're blotting everything up in here.

  • @floatingleaf9672
    @floatingleaf9672 Месяц назад

    Kotex started putting black stuff in their pads. Charcoal they say...

    • @Madiiluv11
      @Madiiluv11 Месяц назад

      What-

    • @majesticunicornturle
      @majesticunicornturle Месяц назад +2

      Why would you want charcoal in them and to add this why do they blech tampons?
      It gets red and brown anyways

    • @Madiiluv11
      @Madiiluv11 Месяц назад

      @@majesticunicornturle they bleach them?

  • @BritneyWaldron
    @BritneyWaldron Месяц назад +5

    Men hate us! LOL

  • @DappSwap
    @DappSwap Месяц назад +1

    Live in Fear
    Do as we say
    Go get yer booster.

  • @XetaXones
    @XetaXones Месяц назад +3

    I knew sonething was wrong with those! Use pads always (no pun intended 😂)

    • @kanuduh5234
      @kanuduh5234 Месяц назад +5

      I've been warning people about them for decades!

  • @Lickymaballs
    @Lickymaballs Месяц назад +2

    did they find mercury in those tampons as that would explain why the women who use those are mad as a hatter.

  • @Timberland1963
    @Timberland1963 Месяц назад +2

    Men are doing this on purpose but it doesn’t seem to be having the desired effect.

  • @Jeckle6633
    @Jeckle6633 Месяц назад +3

    Better warn all your “men” on the left to stop using them 🤣👌

  • @MrUranium238
    @MrUranium238 Месяц назад +6

    Just don't use them.... Period🩸

    • @rupertperiwinkle4477
      @rupertperiwinkle4477 Месяц назад +3

      PERIOD

    • @BATDAN_92
      @BATDAN_92 Месяц назад +2

      🩸

    • @rupertperiwinkle4477
      @rupertperiwinkle4477 Месяц назад +1

      @@BATDAN_92 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸

    • @amalia2390
      @amalia2390 Месяц назад +3

      That’s not realistic! Also pads are made of the same materials. People do sports and have lives, tampons are also easy access and we can’t always choose when we get our period and what we use

    • @in_a_tizzy
      @in_a_tizzy Месяц назад +3

      yeah, that makes up for the potential decades of gross negligence and public health impact