Recently on TikTok, people have been filming themselves throwing their unused tampons straight into the trash or talking about abandoning the menstrual product. “I’m about to start my period in a couple of days and honestly I don’t know what to do,” one TikToker said. “I’m seeing more and more girlies saying that they’re free bleeding and I’m like, maybe that’s not such a bad idea if the other alternative is lead.”
[time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”]The wave of panic stems from a recent...