Disposable menstrual products release a chemical called Dioxin. Released during the bleaching process, Dioxin is the most toxic chemical known to humans. Even though manufacturers now use bleach that does not contain Chlorine, Dioxin is still given off through "offgassing". Dioxin causes cancer, birth defects, developmental delays, ulcers in the skin, autoimmune disorders. These side effects were rarely heard of or seen 60-80 years ago when women mostly used cloth pads.
In addition to the effects of chemicals mentioned, the chemicals also cause Toxic Shock Syndrome, endometriosis, cause bleeding to be heavier and longer, minor to severe cramping, irritation, allergic reactions. Disposable menstrual products cause increased yeast infections and the vagina to dry out. The soaker used in Mother and Maiden Pads and Ashera Liners is an all natural, unbleached, anti-fungal and anti-bacterial cloth.
Scents are added to most disposable menstrual products to mask any smell. These scents are more artificial chemicals and do not work. They increase the potency and change it into a foul smell.
Mother and Maiden Pads and Ashera Liners soak up the blood, but does not affect the vagina. The Pads and liners keep the blood away from your skin without leaving you that slimy feeling you get from a damp plastic pad. If you have a sudden increase in your flow with Mother and Maiden Pads it will be soaked up instead of running over the pant and onto your clothes.
Mother and Maiden Pads and Ashera Liners are made from real cloth not a cloth-like plastic material disposable pads are now making. They do not crinkle when changing, in fact nobody would ever be able to tell you were changing one unless you told them.
Mother and Maiden Pads can be used as Bladder Control/Urinary Incontinence pads without the look and bulk of a disposable diaper.
Cloth is economical saving you thousands of dollars and environmentally safer reducing thousands of dirty pads and tampons sitting in landfills contaminating our water. Cloth menstrual pads use fewer natural resources to make and do not give off harmful chemicals into the air around us.
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