Read the full article by Mackenzie Mays (Los Angeles Times)
“A new bill could ban the sale of tampons and other menstrual products that contain potentially toxic chemicals in California, reigniting a push by women’s rights groups and environmentalists that Gov. Gavin Newsom rejected last year.
Under a proposal introduced by Assemblymember Diane Papan (D-San Mateo), the state would be required to identify and assess the hazards of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, in menstrual products and make that information available to the public.
Exposure to some PFAs — deemed ‘forever chemicals’ because of their indestructibility — has been tied to kidney cancer, increases in cholesterol, liver dysfunction and preeclampsia, a serious pregnancy complication, according to the CDC. Recent research has found those chemicals in some brands of popular tampons and pads.” …