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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMonsanto's Roundup in tampons?
To: Procter & Gamble makers of Tampax and Always
Stop sourcing cotton sprayed with glyphosate for hygiene products.
This is scary -- Tampax, Always, and other hygiene products very likely contain the key ingredient in cancerous Monsanto Roundup.
A study done in Argentina earlier this year that found that 85% of tampons, cotton, and other hygiene products contain traces of a cancerous chemical linked to one of the worlds most controversial pesticides. The potential health implications from glyphosate are mounting, and its been linked to cancer by the World Health Organization. And this is what millions of women are exposing themselves unknowingly to every day.
Monsantos Roundup is the worlds most popular weed killer and most of the cotton in countries like the US and Argentina use Roundup-resistant GM cotton. This is also the case with much of the corn and soy we consume. And glyphosate is a key ingredient.
This means that traces of this toxic herbicide can be found in our food and, now we know, feminine hygiene products -- even though the WHO found it to be a carcinogen.
In fact, many countries like France, Colombia, and Sri Lanka have placed restrictions on glyphosate to protect both human and wildlife health. Now its time for Procter & Gamble to commit to sourcing glyphosate-free cotton for hygiene products like Tampax and Always.
https://community.sumofus.org/petitions/what-is-monsanto-s-carcinogenic-herbicide-doing-in-tampons
beac
(9,992 posts)I think we CAN all agree that Roundup in tampons is BAD.
(Please sign the petition at the link.)
pnwmom
(108,994 posts)because Roundup and its GMO's are going to save the world.
But thanks for the info.
beac
(9,992 posts)Roundup scares the crap put of me and it seems to be EVERYWHERE.
Andromeda441
(1 post)I am considering creating a new petition to put on Change.org. Would anyone here be willing to help me write it?
pnwmom
(108,994 posts)pnwmom
(108,994 posts)kentauros
(29,414 posts)then probably no need to worry. Usually cotton is only used in specialty artist papers (like watercolor paper) and not the common, mass-produced paper we use for everything else. I don't know what pesticides are used on trees (herbicides are categorized within the broad definition of "pesticide" but it takes generally at least ten years (usually twenty) before the trees are harvested for pulp. They're going to be much bigger and stronger than any weeds pretty early in their lives, so any accumulation of glyphosate is also likely to be exceptionally minute
pnwmom
(108,994 posts)Archae
(46,345 posts)Pisces
(5,602 posts)LiberalArkie
(15,728 posts)money ahead of society.