Should You Stop Wearing Tampons?

Is there a better alternative to tampons? WATCH 10 Period Hacks https://youtu.be/IyQOjwScygc Subscribe to AsapSCIENCE: http://bit.ly/asapsci Featuring Kimberly Moffit as voice over https://www.youtube.com/kmatherapy Created by: Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown Written by: Rachel Salt, Greg Brown and Mitchell Moffit Illustrated: by: Max Simmons Edited by: Sel Ghebrehiwot GET THE ASAPSCIENCE BOOK: http://asapscience.com/book/ FOLLOW US! Instagram and Twitter: @whalewatchmeplz and @mitchellmoffit Clickable: http://bit.ly/16F1jeC and http://bit.ly/15J7ube AsapINSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/asapscience/ Snapchat: realasapscience Facebook: http://facebook.com/AsapSCIENCE Twitter: http://twitter.com/AsapSCIENCE Tumblr: http://asapscience.tumblr.com Vine: Search "AsapSCIENCE" on vine! SNAPCHAT US whalewatchmeplz and pixelmitch Created by Mitchell Moffit (twitter @mitchellmoffit) and Gregory Brown (twitter @whalewatchmeplz). Send us stuff! ASAPSCIENCE INC. P.O. Box 93, Toronto P Toronto, ON, M5S2S6 Further Reading -- Tampon Use in Young Women http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1083318898701342 Dioxins and their effects on human health http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs225/en/ Tampons and Asbestos, Dioxin, & Toxic Shock Syndrome http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/Safety/AlertsandNotices/PatientAlerts/ucm070003.htm The ‘tampon tax,’ explained https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/01/08/the-tampon-tax-explained/ Tampon tax will end July 1 http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tampon-tax-will-end-july-1-1.3091533 Greening the Crimson Tide http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/the_green_lantern/2010/03/greening_the_crimson_tide.html Better menstrual management options for adolescents needed in South Africa: What about the menstrual cup? http://www.scielo.org.za/pdf/samj/v105n5/07.pdf Acceptability and Performance of the Menstrual Cup in South Africa: A Randomized Crossover Trial Comparing the Menstrual Cup to Tampons or Sanitary Pads http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/jwh.2014.5021 FLOW (finding lasting options for women): Multicentre randomized controlled trial comparing tampons with menstrual cups http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3114692 Menstrual Blood: A Valuable Source Of Multipotential Stem Cells? https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080423075810.htm Student invents silicone “tampons” to harvest monthly menstrual stem cells http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-05/student-invents-stem-cell-collecting-silicon-tampons-women The Tampon of the Future http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/03/opinion/sunday/the-tampon-of-the-future.html Why do women have periods when most animals don’t? http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150420-why-do-women-have-periods The Tampon: A History http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/06/history-of-the-tampon/394334/ Tampon safety http://center4research.org/i-saw-it-on-the-internet/tampon-safety/