| Below is a list of articles with the most recent ones listed first. |
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The Environmental Cost of Menstrual Pads and Tampons |
Topic: Mama Cloth |
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Most feminine hygiene products manufactured in North America contain two absorbent ingredients: rayon and cotton. Rayon, the more absorbent of the two, is made using chlorine gas or chlorine dioxide bleached wood pulp. |
| Published: Wednesday 23 January, 2008 |
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Our Health |
Topic: Mama Cloth |
| Disposable menstrual products pose a tremendous threat to the health of our environment in both their production and disposal. But what about the cost to our own health, we the women who wear these products next to our most precious parts? |
| Published: Wednesday 23 January, 2008 |
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One Woman's Perspective |
Topic: Mama Cloth |
| When I was 14 and my feminine hygiene products just "magically" appeared in the bathroom cupboard, I didn't pay much attention to how much they cost, how they were made, or what health risks they posed to me and my environment. I was just glad |
| Published: Wednesday 23 January, 2008 |
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Dollars and Sense of Pads and Tampons |
Topic: Mama Cloth |
| Disposable menstrual products pose a threatening cost to the health of our environment and our own bodies. But what about the cost to our pocket books? Every woman will spend a different amount, but we made some rough calculations to give us |
| Published: Wednesday 23 January, 2008 |
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