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FDA Claims Toxic Metals in Tampons Don’t Pose a Health Risk, According to New Report

The FDA tested 11 tampon products and said the metals released during normal use are well below safety thresholds. Sure.

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The FDA has effectively told anyone with a vagina not to worry about the arsenic, lead, cadmium, and other toxic metals found in tampons. According to a new FDA study, keep putting all those toxic metals right up where you make babies. The agency says the amounts released during normal use are so low they don’t present a meaningful health risk.

The findings, published by the FDA, were a response to a 2024 study that found heavy metals in popular tampon brands, raising some troubling questions about whether a product designed to be inserted into the body and left there for hours at a time had ever been adequately examined for toxic contaminants.

The FDA tested 11 tampon products........

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