Nearly all disposable pads and tampons are manufactured using chlorine to either "whiten" or break down the wood fiber involved. The use of chlorine in this process produces unwanted byproducts called  "organochlorines," which contaminate both waste water from manufacturing and the actual pads and tampons that are produced.
Organochlorines are some of the most toxic substances known. The pads and tampons are left unrinsed of these and other toxic residues, and sold to women throughout the world.
Organochlorines are produced whenever an organic material (wood fibers, fossil fuels) is combined with chlorine gas (a.k.a. elemental chlorine).
Chlorine gas, the main component of "Agent Orange," the organochlorine- turned-chemical weapon, was used by the United States military against Vietnam during the Vietnam War [1965-1975].
One of organochlorine's most popular tasks is to help wood pulp become transformed into bright white paper products and others that contain rayon.
Plastics and petroleum-based fertilizers and pesticides are also made with the use of chlorine.
Organochlorines cause immune system defects, birth defects, cancers (especially female reproductive area cancers0, neurological impairment, and a host of other complications, including ozone depletion.
One drop of "dioxin" (one type of organchlorine) added to an Olympic sized pool would prevent the hatching of trout eggs.
Organochlorines persists in the environment and highly resist breakdown, therefore accumulating in the environment. They also seem to accumulate particularly in the fatty tissues of humans and animals, consequently gathering in mammary glands and reproductive organs, especially in females. Because of this, organochlorines are suspected to be linked to breast cancer and endometriosis, as well as other related diseases.
All information provided for the FDA's (Food and Drug Administration) 1990 study was supplied by tampon manufacturers, and it was their findings that shaped our laws and policies. The United States Government has regulated or banned several types of concentrated organochlorines: (1) Agent Orange, (2) PCBs, (3) DDT, (4) Chlordane and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs); but only because these organochlorines evidenced immediate short-term damage to humans and the environment. The government oversight agencies now consider there to be an "acceptable" level of exposure to organochlorides. There are over 11,000 different organochlorines in use in commerce in the United States today. There are 60 chlorine production plants in North America alone! The combined industry dependent on the production of chlorine is huge (40 million tons of annual world wide chlorine production).
One particular aspect of organochlorines is that they mimic sex hormones, particularly estrogen. There is a well established relationship between sex hormones (especially elevated levels of estrogen) and increased breast cancer risk.
Chlorine production became prominent world-wide in the 1930s and 1940s, and more than two generations later, chlorine is a major cause of degenerative health, especially in North American females in general, American females in particular.
 Djehuty does not advocate the wearing of insertable tampons for various reasons, including the fact that the menstrual flow has a downward flow energy and by inserting a tampon up the vaginal tract, it causes a blockage (literally and energetically) and causes menstruum and other vaginal debris that the female body seeks to rid via the vagina, to be backed up in the vaginal tract and uterine area in particular, causing a host of female degenerative diseases such as uterine fibroid tumors (cysts) and ovarian cancer.
Also, many commercial brand tampon and pad manufacturers are lacing their female hygiene products with harmful chemicals, such as asbestos, which causes excessive bleeding and ultimately leads to anemia (lack of the mineral iron). Many females today (especially young females) are hemorrhaging, rather than menstruating. The female hygiene and sanitation industryís philosophy is this: the more a woman bleeds, the more pads or tampons she needs; and the more pads/tampons she buys, the more profits for the industry. Plain and simple!
Therefore, women should seek alternatives to commercial brand pad and tampons (e.g., Always), such as NatraCare, Glad Rags, or Natural Choice, available at most good health food stores.
Djehuty Herbaceuticals is a distributor of and sells NatraCare brand female pads (Super, Regular, Slender, Ultra w/Wings, and Panty Shields). We choose not to offer insertable tampons for health reasons.
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