The composition of tampax tampons soon detailed on packaging

Published on 04/30/2024 17:29

This is a first in the range of hygienic protection: the Tampax brand has announced that it intends to include the composition of its tampons on the packaging of its products from spring 2017. A decision that comes in a context of suspicion as to the toxi

In a step of transparency, the world leader Tampax sanitary tampons announced that it will include the composition of its products on its packaging from spring, according to information relayed by 20 minutes .

This announcement comes just months after the release of figures showing an increase in the number of toxic shocks associated with the use of tampons at menstruation. To better understand the phenomenon of Lyon researchers have also set up a collection of used tampons in October 2016.

A recrudescence of toxic shocks at the time of menstruation

In 2012, the amputation of the model Lauren Wasser, herself a victim of toxic shock syndrome, had made a stir. Since then, the complaints concerning more transparency on the composition of the hygienic protections have multiplied.

Among the leaders of this fight, Melanie Dolfinger, a student in her twenties whose petition "Make visible Tampax stamp compositions? Published on Change.org has collected more than 250,000 signatures.

No legal obligation regarding the details of the composition of the buffers

Considered as consumer products and not as medical devices , sanitary protections such as towels or tampons are not subject to the same regulations as drugs, for example. Manufacturers do not have a legal obligation to publish their composition accurately and in detail.

In 2015, an Argentinean study from the University of La Plata revealed that 85% of the tampons contain glyphosate, a component of the Roundup weed killer.