Doctors for the Environment Australia Podcast

12/22/2020

Sustainable menstrual products

Season 1, Ep. 7

It's an episode all about sustainable menstrual products.

What do doctors need to know about them? What are they? Why do people use them? Are they safe? What are the environmental benefits? Can you do pilates with them?

We talk all about the important things that doctors need to know about sustainable menstrual products.

And one host will take home the title of the 2020 Menstrual Cup Queen!

Listener warning: some content within this show may not be appropriate for family listening

Resources from the show:

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(19)30111-2/fulltext

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/environment/2019/09/how-tampons-pads-became-unsustainable-story-of-plastic

https://res.mdpi.com/d_attachment/sustainability/sustainability-11-00473/article_deploy/sustainability-11-00473.pdf

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/theconversation.com/amp/the-future-of-periods-can-now-be-sustainable-and-cheap-133025

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