Getting chemicals out of our tampons

Brut America

"It's time to really look at what we're putting inside us." This actress has launched a new line of feminine hygiene products that are better for the earth — and for its users.

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00:00We've been putting dangerous sanitary products inside of our vaginas for so, so long.

00:16We are 3.5 billion women in the world, half of the population.

00:20We menstruate every month during 40 years and yet we don't have menstrual information.

00:26And there was a point that we believed that if we had certain illnesses it was normal.

00:31No, it's not normal. It comes from the chemicals that are in the tampons and in the pads that we've been using for so long.

00:38There is a very important thing as well, it's the environmental impact of these products.

00:43Because we can waste up to 12,000 disposable pads and tampons.

00:48And those products are not biodegradable, so they are going to stay in our landfills and in our water resources for years and years.

01:05This idea was born when I discovered that I was allergic to tampons.

01:10So I've spent like six years of my life going to the gynecologist and asking them for solutions to what was happening to me.

01:19And they just said it was because I was a woman.

01:22But I wasn't sure about that and I started researching and I discovered the menstrual cup.

01:28And the menstrual cup changed my life completely.

01:32So when I realised that there wasn't any place to go to gather information, I decided to start with a project.

01:54There are many women and many girls that don't have access to those products and are skipping school, for example.

02:01So I think it's time to rethink about the arguments that we've been receiving from media and advertisement again.

02:09And understand that we are the ones that have to take care of our bodies.

02:15And it is time to really look at what we are putting inside us.

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