Dangers of using Sanitary pads during Menstruation
We live in a world where Appearance and looks, dictates the respect that you will get. In men, the bigger you are the better your social standing [at least this is what you think], in women, your facial looks, the high heels, the dresses, the jewelry, and other things.
We cannot ask why should we be judged on appearances? The answer is simple, that is the way the society works. But no matter how the society works, it is solely the individual’s responsibilities to make informed choices when it comes to health and longevity.
One great physician once remarked, most times, people cause harm voluntarily by their choices. They simply fail to question, “will this product be good for me”.
This where we see the attitude of the sheep among multitude. They simply follow that one sheep right in front of the heard that is being lead as stray by the butcher. Why would people knowingly do this? For the fear of being criticized for making informed and health conscious choices.
Well, today, we shall discus about one such product that is causing more cancers, more skin conditions, more allergies, more deaths among the women, that no one wants to talk about. The sanitary pads.
What are Sanitary Pads
sanitary napkin or pad is an absorbent item worn in the inside part of a women’s underwear by women and girls who are in a Menstrual cycle. At times, they are also worn to absorb Vaginal discharge.
It is often reported that a depending on the vitality of a women, the number of pads used might be around, 20,000, in a women’s Menstrual times.
This data would give you a rough picture as to why the corporations are capitalizing on the gullible public.
The idea was from Benjamin Franklin and pads were commercially manufactured beginning from, 1899.
Original design
The Original design was made from Cotton wool and then with cloth flannel.
Rayon, and now popular Plastics, and BPA and BPS were Never a feature of the Original design.
These napkins were effective in absorbing and more so were free from side effects. These could be easily fitted with the girl’s underwear and formed part of the clothing.
How the Benjamin Franklin’s Idea was hijacked by the Corporations
The initial purpose behind Benjamin Franklin’s idea was to stop the Bleeding soldiers dying from their wounds. Johnson & Johnson captured this idea and turned this into a Multi billion dollar industry.
Know what goes into making a Sanitary pad
You have always been told by your peers or even by your mother or aunt or a family friend, to eat healthy, climb the stairs, join those weight watchers, so as to keep fit and stay fit and live healthy. But do you know, all of them have missed to tell you the main point of Staying healthy is stay better informed and make good choices. Specially when it comes to selecting your Sanitary pads.
There are two main parts in a Sanitary pad that comes in contact with the muscle tissues and cells, they are the Absorbent patch, the material that absorbs the fluid leakage. The second being the Scented patch, the material that neutralizes the odor associated with Menstruation.
Many times it is not what you eat that does the main damage but what you wear and put on you, that would cause the damage. For what you wear, damages you from with in.
How the Advertisements for Disposable pad got the better of you and led you astray
In view to make it more appealing, these companies, lured the palatable users through devious and scrupulous Advertisements to think, that wearing Sanitary pads which were disposable, made them feel good, made them special and extra ordinary.
The only way that these Sanitary pads brought a difference would be to make the wearer to inherit diseases and disorders of gargantuan proportions.
Do you know, the materials that go into making these Disposable pads are still a closely guarded secret?
That is correct. No one knows what materials and what chemicals are used to make these Disposable pads. Attempts to contact some of the lead manufacturers in the business fell into deaf ears.
But thanks to the knowledge of Chemistry, though we do not know the exact shades and their configuration ratios that are used to manipulate and produce this Health devouring product, yet we know now what are the evils that are housed in.
Women beware, Girls beware
Besides crude oil plastics which contains BPA and BPS, conventional Sanitary pads also contains other potentially hazardous cancer causing ingredients used under the claim to neutralizers odor and Emanate fragrance. Notorious among them being, Dioxin.
What are Dioxin? The are present in the Absorbent patch
Dioxin is a categorized group under which the following list of Chemicals fall in. They are,
Poly-Chlorinated Dibenzo dioxins (PCDDs)
Poly-Chlorinated Dibenzo furans (PCDFs)
Poly-Chlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs).
Pcta-Chlorinated dioxin (OCDD)
Hexa-Chlorodibenzofuran (HxCDF)
Octa-Chlorodibenzofuran (OCDF)
The reason you see, Chlorine featuring predominately occurring in all of the above Chemicals, is because, the source arises from Chlorine, and why Chlorine?, because, Chlorine is the bleaching agent that is used to give the Sanitary pads that Sterile Clear looks. Why would people associate Clearness to Sterile? That is again the heights of societal idiosyncrasies that we shall share here.
Why Chlorine is used in Sanitary pads?
Research study carried out by the sanitary pads manufacturing companies reveal that most girls preferred their pads to be white in color, for according to the respondents, white symbolized, Clarity, Purity and Sterile bacterial free environment.
Thus attesting to the old proverbial saying, “it is the thought that kills you first”. Though girls/women pay a high price in purchasing these products, yet they are unaware to the magnitude of harm that they are putting on to their body, under the assumption that holds no sense nor science.
The Harm that befalls on those who use these health risks
Dioxin is related to causing the following,
Women are prone to Urinary Tract Infection. Research shows that UTIs are caused by Dioxin traces that enters the blood stream.
Research has established a Connection between Birth defects occurring among Children and Dioxin use by the mothers.
Allergies. Genital allergies and Genital rash
There is correlation between Disposable Sanitary pads and Ovarian cancers.
There is correlation between Disposable Sanitary pads and Cervical cancers.
There is correlation between Disposable Sanitary pads and cancers of the uterus.
Aiding in the Staphylococcus aureus bacteria in your vagina.
Infertility. Research shows, one of the number one rising reason for infertility among women would be the use of Sanitary pads, with Dioxin being the culprit.
Dioxin is also the culprit in causing several damages to men’s health. During sexual activity, Dioxin, enters the blood mainly when the penis comes in contact with the Vagina. This has disastrous consequences to men’s health.
It affects the prostrate.
Research has shown a link between Dioxin levels in blood and Erectile Dysfunction.
There is also link between Dioxin levels and reduced Sperm Count
How Movies and Main stream media pushes unhealthy practices into the Society
To promote the use of these Unhealthy products, both Hollywood and Bollywood, Scrupulously spews lies and non science backed content under the false siren of making Movies.
There was even a Movie, in an Indian language that shows how the man of this woman, in a good Samaritan thought insights miraculously stumbles on this idea of making a Sanitary pad to alleviate her condition.
And the movie portrays this man in the league of a great inventor who has saved humanity from destruction when in the first place with some clear thinking, he has destroyed the lives of many women by this evil product.
The Problem is, most just see the appearance of a product, but apply little to no thought in validating the goodness of the product and that is in a way is the reason for most problems that people face.
Recommendation
Your Health should be your number one priority, remember, with the passing of each day, the cost for Health care is exponentially rising.
There was a time when the Developed world ridiculed the Typical Indian woman from the Indian subcontinent, for being so Naive in using cotton cloths during the time of Menstrual challenges.
But what the failed to observe would be the fact that these Indian women were healthy, both in body and in mind. They had no allergies neither did they suffer from cancers that were mentioned above.
We have used the word, “were”, that is right. That would mean not anymore, why? You have to read the reason stated below.
But something changed, during the late 90s and then. The so called, Sanity, purity and cleanliness got through in the form of the advertisement media.
So thinking that they were wise, they followed the ways of the health wasting practices that the media spewed, by embracing these ways of the Disposable Sanitary pads usages, they too started paying the price for adopting such unnatural practices, and adding their part in the statistics of sufferers.
What should you do?
Foremost, know what you want. Secondly, do not be carried away by smiles and cheers that you see on the faces of those Models who advertise.
Just remember, their smile lasts just for those 3 minutes that they get paid for, while leaving you to tear for the rest of your life.
Life is beautiful and you ought to enjoy it, and you wouldn’t be able to enjoy if you were in pain and trouble and in turmoil of health and health wasting sicknesses.
Make intelligent Choices
The choice that you make today will determine your Happiness tomorrow.
Don’t believe us? Just sit down on your couch now and reflect on your own life. Are you happy about your present status? Are you happy with your financial status? Are you happy with your career?
The Answers to these questions will be in direct relation to the choices that you had made sometime in your life. This is hard to take but it is the true reality, and is called the Science of cumulative efforts. We are not here to write an Personal development post, however, if you need one, we would be happier to provide you that Chicken Soup, too.
We are not trying to discourage you but highlighting the much important point that you should focus when it comes to your health.
Make that decision today
Don’t worry what the people around you say, it said, that the people around you will laugh when you laugh and will laugh still even when you cry-Anonymous writer.
So, the decision should be to chose those products which are Nature based. the Closer you live with nature, the better your health and vitality will become.
Choices should be Sanitary Pads made from Cotton-Strictly Cotton only
Choice two-Go for Sanitary pads which are made from pure cotton material and can be reusable. This will not only protect your Health and Nature’s Health.
So start today, your Sanitary pads are the crucial part of your life and do not take them lightly and be swayed by Fashion.
What was considered Fashionable 10 years ago is considered Obsolete and putrid today. that is the state of Fashion.
In other words, the industry of Fashion is considered the most volatile of all Industries. Just to give you a stat, an average model wouldn’t even make it to the top shows during her/his lifetime.
Conclusion
Good Health is precious. You can buy Gold, but you can never buy your Health. Once it is lost, it is lost forever, and there is noway you are going to get it back.
We leave the decision making to you, for we cannot make that for you. You have the Free Will, given to you by The Creator.
But what ever you Choose, you ought to be prepared to live with it.
One great speaker once said, your life depends on the choices that you make, if you make, well informed choices, you shall live to enjoy them. But on the other hand, if you make, ill informed choices, then you would have to bear the suffering that comes with it.
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