Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers detected 16 metals, including lead, cadmium and arsenic, in every tampon sample tested. Researchers ...

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Fourteen popular brands of tampons sold in the U.S., U.K. and European Union have been found to contain toxic metals including lead, arsenic and cadmium, according to tests conducted by researchers at ...

About half of all people on Earth menstruate at some point in their lives, and many of them manage their monthly periods with tampons. Yet new research suggests some worrying compounds are likely ...

BERKELEY, Calif. — A new study led by UC Berkeley researchers found tampons from several major brands can include toxic metals like lead, arsenic and cadmium. "Despite this large potential for public ...

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As if dealing with a monthly period wasn’t bad enough, a new study suggests that there could be toxic metals in your tampons. "We know the metals are there, but we don’t know how much gets into the ...

Lead prices rode a wave of volatility in 2024 as global economic uncertainty continued to wreak havoc on metals markets. As an industrial metal, lead has largely been used in lead-acid batteries, and ...