Oh EW.

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"It is worth noting that although tampons (and increasingly sanitary napkins) may come individually wrapped, they are not sterilized; they are merely bleached white."

Is that true? It came from Wikipedia on an entry about menstrual cups, so it's possibly made by someone advertising for menstrual cups but...dude. Individually wrapped and unsterilized? o.0 my inner bio-geek is screaming for the hills. ::shudders and flails::

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Is nurse's and doctor's grandkid, and is also amused.

Seriously though, this is so dead on the money, my grandfather was bitching about it twenty years ago when no one wanted to hear it:

Fourthly, overuse of antiseptics, antibiotics, and sterilising agents is a significant public health issue and getting worse. This is how you get superbugs, by half-killing germs and leaving them to breed resistant strains.

All that said, I love my cup. No more tampons for me.

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All that said, I love my cup. No more tampons for me.

::highfives:: I use a divacup and love it. Tampon's always made me paranoid 'cause they catch the blood/tissue and then just *sit* there.