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Facts & Figures
July 16, 2024 0 Comments

Lead in your tampon?

Will the metal detector gates at the airport in the near future beep if you pass through the security scan with a tampon? A recent American study shows that tampons contain all kinds of heavy metals, including lead. Read here what’s exactly the matter. (…)

Facts & Figures
December 1, 2018 0 Comments

Monkey on her period (2)

What is the use of menstruation? Apart from humans, primates and a few other mammals, no other animal has periods. Apparently a monthly bleeding is no prerequisite for reproduction. (…)

Facts & Figures
September 3, 2015 0 Comments

Toxic tampon (3): rayon?

They can contain toxins and cause TSS. At least, that’s what rumours say. Are tampons really that dangerous or do people make a big fuss about nothing? Period investigates the matter. Part 3: rayon.

Body & Mind
April 1, 2015 0 Comments

I feel so fat

A waist that seems to have disappeared and breasts that seem to have grown a cup size. Many women feel fatter than normal on their period. But are those feelings fact or fiction?

Quotes
April 1, 2015 0 Comments

Dangerous stuff

‘The wine is sour, flowers wilt, seeds dry out, bee colonies die, even the mirror becomes dull and loses its gloss ivory’ – Pliny the Elder. (…)

Quotes
August 18, 2014 0 Comments

Deformed males

‘Women are defective by nature.’ Those are the words of the Greek philosopher Aristotle. He considered females as inferior because they menstruate instead of producing semen. (…)