Why Organic?
What’s in your tampon?
Tampons are typically made from cotton or cotton-rayon blends, with string made of synthetic, glued and dyed material. Toxic dioxins are produced both as a by-product of rayon production and also from the bleaching process used to make tampons white. These dioxins can often be detected in trace amounts in conventional tampons.
Why should the materials in my period care matter?
In addition to the value of choosing more sustainable and environmentally responsible products, the materials in period care have the potential to disrupt your vagina’s natural microbiome. The vagina is lined with a highly permeable mucous membrane, capable of absorbing any chemicals and additives that it comes into contact with. The skin of the vulva is also extremely sensitive and can be easily irritated by the chemicals and perfumes found in standard sanitary products. On average a woman uses 11,000 to 12,000 tampons over a lifetime; in other words that’s 6-7 years of cumulative intimate exposure to dyes, fragrances, pesticide residues and trace dioxins, which may be linked to hormone and endocrine system disruptors.
Organic cotton
Organic cotton is produced without the use of synthetic or oil-based pesticides or fertilizers required for conventional cotton (which is mainly genetically modified). Freda’s organic cotton tampons are made with 100% organic cotton and nothing else, so you don’t have to worry about any unnecessary additives.
Environment
Organic cotton, rather than mono-cultivated cotton, is better for the soil and promotes biodiversity. Organic production systems replenish and maintain soil fertility and support and nurture biodiversity.
About our Products
Our tampon manufacturers use 100% certified organic cotton.
Our pads are made from 70% renewable material. To ensure performance we still need to include a plastic backing, 50% of which is also made from renewable material.
All our products are from Scandinavia, made using renewable power while sending zero waste to landfill.