11/22/2025
Having clients switch to natural products has almost always improved period symptoms.
🚨 This is horrifying but women deserve to know.
A 2024 peer-reviewed study from the University of California, Berkeley tested tampons from major brands, organic and non-organic, pads, and menstrual cups…
And found 100% of tampons contained measurable levels of toxic heavy metals, including:
• Lead
• Arsenic
• Cadmium
• Mercury
• Nickel
• Chromium
• Cobalt
Even the “organic” and “100% cotton” brands were contaminated.
Why does this matter?
Because the vaginal mucosa absorbs chemicals and metals more efficiently than almost anywhere else in the body. There’s no protective barrier. No filter. It goes straight into the bloodstream.
And most women use 10,000+ tampons in their lifetime.
Heavy metals are linked to:
• Hormone disruption
• Infertility
• Thyroid dysfunction
• Endometriosis & pelvic inflammation
• Fatigue and immune suppression
• Neurological symptoms
• Mood disorders
• Painful cycles
• Skin issues
• And more
This isn’t fear-mongering, this is data.
📚 THE STUDY:
Mahmoud et al., “Metal concentrations in tampons.”
Published July 2024 in Environmental International.
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108560
Researchers tested 30+ menstrual products across 18 brands. Every single tampon showed contamination.
Some metals (like lead) were found in higher concentrations in organic tampons.
Why?
Likely due to:
• Contaminated soil
• Pesticides
• Manufacturing machinery
• Absorbent additives
• Chlorine bleaching
• Packaging materials
This is a women’s health crisis nobody warned us about.
If you’ve been experiencing strange symptoms, hormonal chaos, chronic fatigue, inflammation, or “mystery” health issues… heavy metals may be part of the picture.
There are ways to detox safely, gently, and effectively but first, women deserve truth.
Our bodies deserve better.
Our daughters deserve better.
And transparency should be the bare minimum.
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