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• Tampon Lawsuit Settlement Talks Ordered Over Lead Levels in Tampax Pearl Products

  September 4, 2025

  Michael Adams

  A U.S. magistrate judge has set an October 31, 2025 conference in a class action lawsuit alleging Tampax Pearl tampons expose women to unsafe levels of lead.

• Kotex Tampon Recall Issued Following Reports Of Infections, Need For Medical Removal

  December 13, 2018

  Irvin Jackson

  Kotex is recalling about 200 lots of tampons following reports that they unraveled, resulting in hospitalizations, infections and vaginal injuries.

• Cancer-Causing Roundup Chemical Found in Most Tampons, Bandages, Other Cotton Products: Study

  October 30, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  Researchers warn that glyphosate, the cancer-causing active ingredient in Roundup, has been found on almost all tampons and other cotton sanitary products sold in Argentina, indicate that it is due to the spraying of the herbicide on cotton crops.