Should You Be Worried About Tampon Safety Right Now? [Video]

Should you be worried about lead and other toxic metals in your tampons? That’s the question on everyone’s mind this week following the release of a new study that has users of the hygiene product on edge.

The study, published in the August edition of the journal Environment International, found that “several toxic metals, including lead” were detected in tampons that the researchers purchased from brick-and-mortar stores in New York City, Athens, Greece, and London, plus from two “major online retailers.” Researchers studied the concentrations of 16 metalloids in 30 tampons across 18 product lines from 14 unnamed brands (both brand-name and “store-brand”). Their report states that they found “elevated mean concentrations” of lead, cadmium, and arsenic in all the tampons tested. They also found that “lead concentrations were higher in non-organic tampons,” while organic tampons had higher levels of arsenic. The highest concentration of any metalloid found in the tampons …