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 ...

Heavy toxic metals could be in the rice you're about to buy at the grocery store. Healthy Babies, Bright Futures, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that seeks to reduce babies' ...

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Tampons from many different brands may contain potentially harmful metals, a new study found. Researchers assessed tampons from 14 different brands and found "measurable concentrations" of all 16 ...

New research has revealed that arsenic, lead and other toxic metals are present in 30 different types of tampons. UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health issued the study, the first of its kind. “To our ...

The US Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it will examine the potential harm to women of heavy metals such as lead and arsenic found in tampons. The FDA’s action follows the July ...