The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it will examine the potential harm to women of heavy metals such as lead and arsenic found in tampons.
Organic and nonorganic tampons contain arsenic and lead, a July pilot study found. The FDA will conduct research on the possible impact of heavy metals in the products. Image Source/Getty Images via CNN Newsource
“Before a product is allowed onto the market, biocompatibility testing is undertaken by the manufacturing company, which is part of safety testing, and is reviewed by the FDA prior to market authorization.” “We found an average of 100 nanograms per gram of lead and 2 nanograms per gram of arsenic in the tampons,” Schilling told CNN at the time. “There was no detectable level of chromium and no detectable level of mercury, which is very good.”
However, the mere presence of a chemical is not an indication of risk or adverse effect, according to the American Chemistry Council, an industry association. Tampon makers and the FDA recommend that tampons not be used at night or for longer than eight hours due to a greater risk of toxic shock syndrome, a deadly bacterial infection that can cause organ failure and death if not treated.
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