For years we’ve been warned not to flush sanitary products down the toilet. Now, however, one sustainable brand has created a plastic-free period product that they actually want you to flush away.

Maintaining menstrual hygiene involves changing sanitary pads every 4 to 6 hours to prevent irritation, odor, and infections.

SOMERVILLE — With only 20 states mandating free feminine hygiene products in school, a Somerville company has created a product to make providing free sanitary products as simple as refilling a roll ...

How do you dispose of your sanitary pad? It’s easy to put it in a bin when you’re at home but what about if you’re in public and there are no bins in sight. According to new research, several people ...

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Prolonged use of a sanitary pad may imbalance the vaginal flora. It leads to an excess discharge. This can cause irritation, discomfort, and a higher chance of bacterial infections.

In recent years we've seen everything from fashion to our diets to beauty products have an eco makeover: we all know it's important to be kinder to the planet – and period products shouldn't be an ...

Wearing certain types of sanitary pads causes uterine and bladder cancer and has resulted in the death of 56 girls. 56 girls died because of using whisper, stayfree, etc. One Single pad for the whole ...

Female inmates in Arizona had their allotment of free sanitary napkins increased threefold, after protesters denounced the 12-pad-per-month policy through an online campaign and by sending a state ...