That article you just read about toxins in period products? The discomfort wasn't in your head. Millions of women use the same pads month after month — and never once question what's inside them. Habit is a powerful thing.
But here's what stops most women cold: there is no ingredients list on a pad box. Not because there's nothing in there — but because brands aren't required to tell you. So most never do.
Think about what you already read labels for. Food. Moisturiser. Washing powder. You check what goes on your skin, near your mouth, near your children. Yet the one product that sits against your most sensitive skin for up to seven days a month? No label. No disclosure. No question asked.
We scrutinise the We check the cloth against our wrist but not the pad against our body. We read the back of a shampoo bottle but not the pack of tampons in our bathroom. The gap isn't small. It's astonishing. And brands have counted on that gap for decades.
So what is actually inside a conventional pad — the one you've been reaching for without a second thought?
