I became aware of this issue from a small health article in Ms. profiling the president of a small Canadian company1 which produces all cotton, non-chlorinated menstrual products. It is important to act by purchasing such products and boycotting companies which market chlorinated tampons, because past experience in the case of toxic shock syndrome has shown the dangers of allowing the tampon industry to regulate itself. It's also necessary to educate others, and especially to discuss reproductive and women's health issues in an open environment. Dioxin tied to endometriosis. An epidemic ignored.
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