Tampon testing: the troubled history of period products
Menstruation stigma shapes the products we buy — and hurts our health.
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Menstruation stigma shapes the products we buy — and hurts our health.
We've been bleeding out our vaginas for centuries, yet it’s taken until 2023 for a period study to use blood to test menstrual products.
A new study reveals the absorbency of pads, tampons and other menstrual products is significantly different than labels suggest
No one has published tests of period products, which are intended to contain human blood, with human blood. Until now.
Dr Bethany Samuelson Bannow and her colleagues at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland have finally used blood to test period products.