Because asbestos makes you bleed more . The tampon industry is convinced that we, as women, need bleached white products - in order to view the product as pure and clean. The problem here is that the dioxin produced in this bleaching process can lead to very harmful problems for a woman. It has also been linked to endometriosis and lower sperm counts for men - for both, it breaks down the immune system.
Rayon contributes to the danger of tampons and dioxin because it is a highly absorbent substance.
It also stays in a lot longer than it would with just cotton tampons. Okay the above is a snippet of an original email which is circulating via the web. I have followed it through and read as much as I can absorb on the subject. I have not been able to substantiate the contents as fact. Actually other parts of the email have been checked and found to be non existent or blatant distortions of the truth.