I just wanted to tell you all about a great website I just stumbled across. I was searching for a place to order unbleached all-cotton tampons online (I used to order them from Homegrocer with our orders but we don't order there much lately) and found:
www.mothernature.com
Wow, that have a lot of stuff, including my tampons. I've been reading and hearing a lot lately about the long term effects of tampons that contain rayon fibers, bleach and dioxin (none of which are required by the FDA to appear as ingredients for some odd reason). Even at my last gyno checkup she mentioned to me that she had switched to all cotton unbleached tampons and we talked for a bit about it. She said now they are linking the harmful ingredients in most popular ones to things like ovarian and uteran cancer and endometriosis. Scary thought and I said "better safe than sorry." I got these tampons by a company called Natracare that I believe was founded by a woman. But they're great, I've been using them for a while and they don't cost much more than the ones in the store. And I was happy to see that my first order was with free shipping.
But since it's entirely women on here exchanging ideas and advice I thought I should share. Great website with lots of cool products at decent prices and a safer alternative to the widely sold tampons. I was a Tampex devotee until I talked to my doc and found these. They're great and now I feel a little safer.
Take care everyone!
www.mothernature.com
Wow, that have a lot of stuff, including my tampons. I've been reading and hearing a lot lately about the long term effects of tampons that contain rayon fibers, bleach and dioxin (none of which are required by the FDA to appear as ingredients for some odd reason). Even at my last gyno checkup she mentioned to me that she had switched to all cotton unbleached tampons and we talked for a bit about it. She said now they are linking the harmful ingredients in most popular ones to things like ovarian and uteran cancer and endometriosis. Scary thought and I said "better safe than sorry." I got these tampons by a company called Natracare that I believe was founded by a woman. But they're great, I've been using them for a while and they don't cost much more than the ones in the store. And I was happy to see that my first order was with free shipping.
But since it's entirely women on here exchanging ideas and advice I thought I should share. Great website with lots of cool products at decent prices and a safer alternative to the widely sold tampons. I was a Tampex devotee until I talked to my doc and found these. They're great and now I feel a little safer.
Take care everyone!