Mexico City plastic ban causes tampon concerns for women : c

Mexico City plastic ban causes tampon concerns for women
Reuters
18/02/2021
By Cassandra Garrison
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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.

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