➡️ Federal rules don’t require menstrual product ingredients on packaging labels. States are stepping in
by registering with the FDA and submitting a detailed risk assessment of their products' components and design, and a safety profile, before being cleared to sell in the U.S.
"There's an understanding that the FDA is regulating these products, and they are; it's just not very adequate," said Laura Strausfeld, an attorney and a co-founder of Period Law, an organization working to advance state and federal period-equity policies that would stop taxation of products and make them freely available in places like schools and prisons.
"The hardest part to swallow is why this is even up for debate. We should all know what's in these products," Friedman said. "We're also seeing similar or identical disclosure on packaging in other states outside of New York, which is a testament to the power of the law," said Jamie McConnell, deputy director of Women's Voices for the Earth.
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