there’s toxic chemicals in YOUR period products 🩸🤢 #shorts #periods

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[JustSharon]

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[Peetaspearl]

This is really terrible. They don’t even tell us what we are putting in our bodies? Wow

[savvyshelly]

I have learned that you still have to be careful about products labeled organic, because some still go through the bleaching process. It’s ridiculous to me that these are “medical devices”, because we should know what’s in them, and the tax on them is “luxury tax”.

[Emma_]

Y’all be careful with the Honey Pot pads. Some of them are scented. I got one unknowingly of the scent. And when I say my hoo haa burned… I cried 😭🤣 Be careful pls and only get unscented ones!

[charisanacan]

I personally use a brand called natracare! They have no chemicals and are organic. The lady who created the company made it for this exact reason. She knew there was so many harmful perfumes and chemicals in our period products so she made a clean healthy brand! I definitely recommend!

[pog]

why do i want sharon to make her own period collection brand

[reaganhetherington]

This is awful. That’s why I’m on board with using reusable period underwear. It’s so much easier for at school too, because it can last a whole day, and I don’t have to be worried about leaking or changing a pad. Love your vids Sharon! ❤

[RoseRanPoe]

Women’s health really needs to be accounted for in our society

[jaydacarolwilbers]

If that going to be consider medical devices, we need medical help, and we should get time off of school and work for that.

[katieeee.]

Ik they are so bad but the woman owned at healthier ones are so much more expensive. Even if it’s just a dollar more that adds up. I’ll stick to always until I can get a job.

[samanthagrande]

you are literally the exact person we need taking care of us ladies 🥺🥺

[violet]

Period underwear changed my life.when I used to use pads my periods were SO BAD. Im taking about bleeding through a super thick 24 hour night pad in like 20 minutes. Nightmare.

I changed to period pants just out of convenience and the second I did I noticed my periods just became so much lighter. Now they’re just regular 2-e days of normal to light flow.

I dont normally believe in conspiracy theories and these types of things but honestly I can say from experience that there is absolutely something sketchy with pads and tampons. There is no explanation on why my period suddenly changed like that besides that one change its crazy!

If you suffer with bad cramps and heavy flows honestly give something new a try girlies, who knows!

[mytrickpeony]

Great video with lots of interesting information, thank you!
People usually forget to mention the CUMULATIVE effect of toxic chemicals, which makes everything more complicated. If you use the wrong kind of tampons, AND if you eat a lot of meals that are stored in PFAS lined packaging, AND if you also cook mostly in non stick pans, AND if you wear makeup everyday, AND wear mostly clothes with PFAS right against your skin such as leggings and you sweat in them, AND if you use a yoga mat that picks up PFAS from your carpet, AND if you drink tap water that contains PFAS, well… even if it’s a small amount of toxic chemicals for each product it can add up to dangerous levels that can trigger serious health issues.

Another concern is the COCKTAIL effect, when many different toxic chemicals create strange sets of symptoms and illnesses when they accumulate in a person’s body.
This is very difficult to study because every person reacts differently and scientists don’t know how this mix of chemicals is truly affecting our body. Since there are endless possibilities regarding the type of chemicals, their toxicity level, their concentration and the way they interact with other chemicals in our blood, organs etc… there really is no way to study the effects all these toxic chemicals have on our body.
The future doesn’t look good though, as we use more and more plastics including silicone cooking molds and a million other products that are supposed to make our life easier.
People don’t realize that they are ingesting very unhealthy particles and feeding them to their kids too 😢
If we could just wake up and go back to simpler products made of healthier materials like linen for our clothes, and cast iron or glass for our cooking molds, now that would be a good start.
When people want to exercise they go play soccer or softball on an athletic field covered with Astroturf filled with crumb rubber, which is made of tiny pieces of old car tires 🤮
Nobody seems concerned about the heavy metals and other toxic chemicals found in this recycled rubber, it’s really puzzling.
Then they take their kids to a playground that has a soft ground cover made of rubber pellets glued together aka PIP (“Pour In Place” rubber flooring) which is also from old car tires. Nobody seems worried about their kids crawling all over this type of flooring with bare hands then eating a snack without washing or even wiping their hands to avoid ingesting too much rubber dust, no problem!
Only a few counties in the US have banned these rubber pellets but most towns are now installing a PIP rubber flooring in their kids playgrounds and Astroturf on their athletic fields.
No wonder kids who play several times a week on those fields have such a high rate of leukemia or other cancers, especially the goalies who are in contact with the toxic rubber pellets…

Our homes are filled with toxic stuff, and people have no problem putting pieces of furniture like IKEA in their kids room, not realizing that the glue in these particle boards releases toxic airborne formaldehyde particles that are very unhealthy, especially for youngsters.
Even smart people are still heating up their food in a microwave in a plastic container or worse in a cardboard box from the restaurant, not realizing that there are PFAS in the lining of the box.
I have a friend who’s all about clean living, healthy lifestyle etc… but she has no problem putting her kids’ plastic lunch boxes in the dishwasher everyday, it’s disheartening…She doesn’t want to hear the fact that BPAs and other toxic chemicals get released because of the heat in there 🙄
I have another friend who’s an environmentalist but she mostly wears synthetic fabrics and doesn’t care about the tiny pieces of nylon or polyester that her clothes shed during each wash in her machine. Where does she think all these microplastics end up if not in the ocean?

It’s really sad because we now have access to lots of information about this stuff online but most people don’t want to change their bad, lazy habits.
I’m afraid the force of inertia is far too great, and people love their stretchy clothes, silicone cooking molds, cheap furniture and stain resistant sofas way too much to give them up.
How can we remain hopeful when even smart people don’t want to hear the truth about toxic chemicals in their clothes, homes, playgrounds etc…?

[cringyaf]

adding on this, I've never used a tampon, and I've never had any infections down there, no yeast infections utis not even the common stuff, I really do believe it's from the period products that go inside

[cloudyxaestheticsx]

Yall my mum bought me this organic pair of period underwear it was £30 for a pack of three and it had some really good ratings aswell they are breathable and help the environment and saves alot of money instead of buying disposable ones. Theres many options on amazon so personally i would definitly check them out ( youll thank me later ) :D

[APURBASINHA-mnre]

Yep i use a period underwear.. It works longer than pads and are definitely more comfortable.. 👍
I honestly recommend it to the people who are hitting puberty for the first time ❤

[Familysusers]

I appreciate it, it really helpful for people who are finding way to swipe toxic products to safe products, it would be appreciated if you also mentioned names and brands, So people can find it who do not know names

[Madison_E]

This is amazing to know thank you so much!

[ajr]

Yes the reusable pads! I don’t see a lot of people use them but I live them

[e.mm.a_]

my school had this campaign they and we could pick any like thing we wanted to talk about and I chose to talk about Eco friendly feminine products and I've learned so much!