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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - In Mexico City, one of the world’s biggest cities, a product that many women relied on as a monthly necessity is gradually disappearing from the shelves: tampons with plastic applicators.
With a lifespan of nearly 150 years, the applicators join plastic bags, forks, cups, balloons and straws as single-use plastics that Mexico City has banned as it pushes forward with a greener agenda.
Women’s groups, however, said the city’s ban on the applicators is an attack on human rights and creates a phenomenon of “menstrual poverty” because alternative products, like organic tampons or silicone menstrual cups, are more expensive and often hard to find.
Mexico City plastic ban causes tampon concerns for women
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Mexico City plastic ban causes tampon concerns for women Reuters 18/02/2021 By Cassandra Garrison © Reuters/CARLOS JASSO Women s sanitary products are seen on the shelves inside a supermarket in Mexico City
By Cassandra Garrison
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - In Mexico City, one of the world s biggest cities, a product that many women relied on as a monthly necessity is gradually disappearing from the shelves: tampons with plastic applicators.
With a lifespan of nearly 150 years, the applicators join plastic bags, forks, cups, balloons and straws as single-use plastics that Mexico City has banned as it pushes forward with a greener agenda.
Women s groups, however, said the city s ban on the applicators is an attack on human rights and creates a phenomenon of menstrual poverty because alternative products, like organic tampons or silicone menstrual cups, are more expensive and often hard to find.