natracareNon-Applicator 100% Organic Cotton Tampons, Super, Totally Chlorine Free, Biodegradable and Compostable (1 Pack, 20 Tampons Total)

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I believe that things have come a long way with regards to feminine hygiene products and now you can purchase certified organic feminine products and why would you use anything else? If you eat organic foods, but then you are ok will using products in/near the most private area of your body that is made with commercially grown cotton grown with pesticides (in the top for pesticide use)? There is no excuse anymore! Stop spending money on other things that are not going to do anything to improve or further your health in any way and then say you can't afford to buy organic feminine hygiene products. If you still have doubts then read up more on the website for this company as they give you a lot of great information. Please share this with all your the females in your life - family, friends, neighbors, colleagues, etc.I checked out the website for the organic trade association and here is info from the site on cotton (you can go to the site yourself to read more). Here are some reasons why organic cotton production is important to the long-term health of the planet.Cotton is considered the world's 'dirtiest' crop due to its heavy use of insecticides, the most hazardous pesticide to human and animal health. Cotton covers 2.5% of the world's cultivated land yet uses 16% of the world's insecticides, more than any other single major crop.Aldicarb, parathion, and methamidopho, three of the most acutely hazardous insecticides to human health as determined by the World Health Organization, rank in the top ten most commonly used in cotton production. All but one of the remaining seven most commonly used are classified as moderately to highly hazardous. Aldicarb, cotton's second best selling insecticide and most acutely poisonous to humans, can kill a man with just one drop absorbed through the skin, yet it is still used in 25 countries and the US, where 16 states have reported it in their groundwater.Cotton uses approximately 25% of the world's insecticides and more than 10% of the pesticides (including herbicides, insecticides, and defoliants.). (Allan Woodburn)Approximately 10% of all pesticides sold for use in U. S. agriculture were applied to cotton in 1997, the most recent year for which such data is publicly available. (ACPA)Fifty-five million pounds of pesticides were sprayed on the 12.8 million acres of conventional cotton grown in the U.S. in 2003 (4.3 pounds/ acre), ranking cotton third behind corn and soybeans in total amount of pesticides sprayed. (USDA)Over 2.03 billion pounds of synthetic fertilizers were applied to conventional cotton in 2000 (142 pounds/acre), making cotton the fourth most heavily fertilized crop behind corn, winter wheat, and soybeans. (USDA)The Environmental Protection Agency considers seven of the top 15 pesticides used on cotton in 2000 in the United States as "possible," "likely," "probable," or "known" human carcinogens (acephate, dichloropropene, diuron, fluometuron, pendimethalin, tribufos, and trifluralin). (EPA)In 1999, a work crew re-entered a cotton field about five hours after it was treated with tribufos and sodium chlorate (re-entry should have been prohibited for 24 hours). Seven workers subsequently sought medical treatment and five have had ongoing health problems.This ought to open your mind to research more about the products you use!Be proactive and take control of your life and your health!

I believe that things have come a long way with regards to feminine hygiene products and now you can purchase certified organic feminine products and why would you use anything else? If you eat organic foods, but then you are ok will using products in/near the most private area of your body that is made with commercially grown cotton grown with pesticides (in the top for pesticide use)? There is no excuse anymore! Stop spending money on other things that are not going to do anything to improve or further your health in any way and then say you can't afford to buy organic feminine hygiene products. If you still have doubts then read up more on the website for this company as they give you a lot of great information. Please share this with all the women in your life - family, friends, neighbors, colleagues, etc.I checked out the website for the organic trade association and here is info from the site on cotton (you can go to the site yourself to read more). Here are some reasons why organic cotton production is important to the long-term health of the planet.Cotton is considered the world's 'dirtiest' crop due to its heavy use of insecticides, the most hazardous pesticide to human and animal health. Cotton covers 2.5% of the world's cultivated land yet uses 16% of the world's insecticides, more than any other single major crop.Aldicarb, parathion, and methamidopho, three of the most acutely hazardous insecticides to human health as determined by the World Health Organization, rank in the top ten most commonly used in cotton production. All but one of the remaining seven most commonly used are classified as moderately to highly hazardous. Aldicarb, cotton's second best selling insecticide and most acutely poisonous to humans, can kill a man with just one drop absorbed through the skin, yet it is still used in 25 countries and the US, where 16 states have reported it in their groundwater.Cotton uses approximately 25% of the world's insecticides and more than 10% of the pesticides (including herbicides, insecticides, and defoliants.). (Allan Woodburn)Approximately 10% of all pesticides sold for use in U. S. agriculture were applied to cotton in 1997, the most recent year for which such data is publicly available. (ACPA)Fifty-five million pounds of pesticides were sprayed on the 12.8 million acres of conventional cotton grown in the U.S. in 2003 (4.3 pounds/ acre), ranking cotton third behind corn and soybeans in total amount of pesticides sprayed. (USDA)Over 2.03 billion pounds of synthetic fertilizers were applied to conventional cotton in 2000 (142 pounds/acre), making cotton the fourth most heavily fertilized crop behind corn, winter wheat, and soybeans. (USDA)The Environmental Protection Agency considers seven of the top 15 pesticides used on cotton in 2000 in the United States as "possible," "likely," "probable," or "known" human carcinogens (acephate, dichloropropene, diuron, fluometuron, pendimethalin, tribufos, and trifluralin). (EPA)In 1999, a work crew re-entered a cotton field about five hours after it was treated with tribufos and sodium chlorate (re-entry should have been prohibited for 24 hours). Seven workers subsequently sought medical treatment and five have had ongoing health problems.This ought to open your mind to research more about the products you use!Be proactive and take control of your life and your health!

I’ve tried many clean tampons and normally I use lilets organic but they drive me a bit mad due to the largest size not expanding very well…. They just get heavy and start to drop! Not Natracare! These expand really well and are very reliable. Good value too as you get more tampons than with other brands.

These are great quality and do the job just as well as Lillets BUT the clear outer wrapping is so poorly designed. It’s nearly impossible to see where the join is to begin unwrapping it. Harder than finding the end of a sellotape roll :/For this reason I am unlikely to buy these again as I found it was making me lose sleep (having to turn the light on to be able to use them in the middle of the night).Natracare PLEASE design a twisty wrapper for ease of use and I will never buy another brand again!

I ordered these as I am very sensitive to other products that contain perfumes and chemicals .This product is reasonably priced and as it contains none of these chemicals is kind to my body .I now have a subscription to have these delivered on a regular basis along with the sanitary towels too ! They are great

I bought these after reading about the chemicals which are used in other tampons which rather appalled me! I want to give these 5 stars but they are not quite as good at coping with very heavy period days as Super Plus Lillets. I found I have to change them more frequently. I will persevere with them though because I'd rather use a more natural product than one that's full of nasty chemicals.

Used to use normal tampons until I discovered that they contained chlorine so now I am converted to this brand completely because let’s be honest who would want chlorine or any other nasty stuff going up there for hours at time? Stay safe and protected with these bad boys