Okay, I’ve known it for seven years now. Feminine products and disposable diapers contain dioxin, a cancer-causing by-product of chlorine bleaching and pesticide spraying. A double-whammy, no? You get your cotton, which is heavily sprayed with pesticides while growing, then you bleach it with chlorine, and you get a lovely, pristine-looking tampon or pad:

For some reason it seems we modern women need our feminine products (and our babies’ diapers) to be blindingly white before we soil them and throw them away. Why? And: do we really? Read the rest of this entry »