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All articles tagged: Contact with and (suspected) exposure to hazardous metals (Z77.01)

HealthDay 11 July at 04.09 PM

Tampons May Be a Source of Metal Exposure

Tampon use is a potential source of metal exposure, according to a study published in the August issue of Environmental International.Jenni A. Shearston, Ph.D., from the School of Public Health at the University of California Berkeley, and colleagues compared the concentrations of 16 metal(loid)s (arsenic, barium, calcium, cadmium, co