Women, girls and people who menstruate deserve full transparency about what’s in their period products. This Menstrual Hygiene Day (28 May 2025), Wen is proud to stand alongside PAN UK and the Pesticide Collaboration in exposing a hidden but urgent public health issue: toxic pesticides in period products.
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Press release
TOXIC PESTICIDE FOUND IN UK TAMPONS AT 40 TIMES THE DRINKING WATER LIMIT, REPORT REVEALS
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May
May
Toxic Pesticide Found in UK Tampons at 40 Times the Drinking Water Limit, report reveals A new study has found traces of glyphosate, a toxic pesticide, in UK tampons — at levels 40 times higher than the legal limit for drinking water. Pesticide Action Network UK (PAN UK), Wen (Women’s Environmental Network) and the…
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Feb
Feb
Read interviews with members and organisers from food coops, around London to find out how they organise their food coops and how this makes a difference to the local community.
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Nov
Nov
Read about how Food Lives is looking at ways to make organic Bangladeshi cultural vegetables, readily available and in a cost effective and sustainable way.
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