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The Hidden Cost of Ignoring Menstrual Health at Work
More and more workplaces are implementing free and readily accessible menstrual products in washrooms, though lately, there may be greater hesitation from those who usually reach for tampons. A recent study published in Environment International went viral on social media after it found that a selection of tampons from several widely available tampon brands contained measurable concentrations of potentially dangerous metals.
No one wants to hear that the products they’ve been using for several days each month contain arsenic, lead and other harmful metals. It’s no wonder that many have indicated an immediate desire to stop using tampons, expressing outrage at the study’s findings—but it’s important to read the fine print.
A New Study Found Toxic Metals in Tampons. But the Truth Is More Complicated.
Dr. Andrea Love provides the facts behind the viral “lead and heavy metals in your tampons” headlines.
Do You Have a Cold Or Allergies? Here’s How to Tell, According to Immunologists
If you suddenly come down with cold-like symptoms, it's possible you may have caught a virus. But when allergy season seems to get worse and worse every year, how can you tell if you're dealing with a common cold or seasonal allergies? To help you differentiate between a cold and allergies, we asked immunologists to weigh in on a few key differences. Read on to get their advice, and take our quiz at the end to help determine whether you might have a cold or allergies yourself.
Expert delves into the complexities of HPAI and milk consumption
After detection, the news rapidly flooded with information, bombarding the public with concerns about HPAI’s H5N1 variant, especially as virus particles were found in one out of five milk samples tested by the Food and Drug Administration. The announcements caused people to question, “Is milk safe to drink?” The answer is consistently and overwhelmingly, “Yes if it’s pasteurized” — meaning the milk has been heat treated to sterilize it.
We asked biomedical scientist and founder of Immunologic, Dr. Andrea Love, to clear up some of the concerns and confusion swirling around HPAI, dairies, and beef. Along with a passion for helping the public and healthcare professionals understand scientific topics, Love is a subject-matter expert in infectious disease and immunology, and she was recently featured on the Food Bullying Podcast thanks to her passion for translating complex topics for the public.
Is It Rude to Lie About Being Sick? And 21 Other Illness Etiquette Questions
And since there's no Miss Manners column designed to help you parse this updated landscape of acceptable behavior, we attempted to spell out what's considered polite or rude when it comes to sick season in 2024.
To come up with these points of decorum, we asked coworkers to weigh in on real-life scenarios. We also ran the results of our mini-survey by POPSUGAR advisory board member Andrea C. Love, PhD, and immunologist and microbiologist, the founder of ImmunoLogic, who helped flag anything that clashed with the actual best practices of hygiene and safety.