Should We Be Afraid Of Tampons? - Page 3
- By
Julia Austin
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Vaginal absorbency
The vaginal walls are made up of incredibly absorbent tissues. That’s why we turn to something like the vaginal ring for birth control—it allows its active contents to make it into our bloodstream much quicker than oral birth control does. This, of course, raises some concern over how easily toxins from our tampons can make it into our bloodstream.
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