Women's department demands answers over chemicals in period products

Women's department demands answers over chemicals in period products

Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities engages UFS over pad chemicals

The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities has engaged the University of the Free State following a peer-reviewed study on sanitary products. The study found endocrine-disrupting chemicals in some sanitary pads and pantyliners sold in South Africa. However, it did not establish immediate or short-term health harm. What is happening?  The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities has formally engaged the Universit…

Department engages UFS over chemicals found in sanitary products

By Lebone Rodah Mosima The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) has engaged the University of the Free State (UFS) following the release of a peer-reviewed study identifying endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in various sanitary pads and pantyliners sold in South Africa. The research, conducted by a multidisciplinary UFS team and published in the journal Science of the Total Environment, was an in vitro laboratory …