tampons

Women who use tampons carry tampons around with them.

Assuming their manufacturing process isn't too toxic, this could be vastly more environmentally friendly than pads and tampons.

It was pads or nothing else, and that was disgusting to think of using tampons.

If I use a tampon one day, I'm one of that 70% of menstruating women that uses tampons.

As a couple of examples, pharmaceuticals and tampons frequently go down the toilet now (even if people are told not to flush them).

It's just that both the mess and the felling caused from wearing pads vs tampons I personally find gross.

Of the policemen with heavy periods, do most prefer pads or tampons?

The house with the bucket of tampons was the stuff of legend.

With tampons, the blood doesn't make it to the vulva, in general.

The moment [western] single-use pads/tampons became available they stopped using anything else.

The moment [western] single-use pads/tampons became available they stopped using anything else Which is a shame, as it is not exactly ok for the environment.

Using tampons doesn't rule out using pads, too.

The name "iPad" was made fun of a lot too when it was first announced (being compared to tampons and stuff).

The first sentence is: "Tampons are used by up to 70 percent of menstruating women in the United States today, and the average woman may use as many as 16,800 tampons in her lifetime."

They also had lots of rack space devoted to tampons and other "feminine hygiene" products, which being a man, I never use.

We know, because scientists have given women pre-weighed pads and tampons, and weighed them again after use." Clarifying the term menstruate and showing how to measure it.