TikTok Tuesday: Titanium dioxide in tampons doesn't make them 'toxic death sticks'

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And why did the EU decide titanium dioxide is no longer considered safe as a food additive? - via healthing_ca titaniumdioxide TiO2 tampons healthnews healthing

, so there isn’t a risk of the substance building up in blood pooling in the vagina and then being absorbed into the body. Coupled with the fact that tampons are one-use only, there is little risk of breakdown in the body.

While research in rats indicates titanium dioxide may be a cancer risk if inhaled, there is no direct evidence that there is a risk for humans, Dr. Ryan Marino, a medical toxicologist and assistant professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, to indicate titanium dioxide carries a cancer risk for humans. To come to this conclusion, the working group reviewed multiple studies on production workers in facilities producing titanium dioxide. One study, conducted in “six European countries” indicated a slightly increased risk of lung cancer, however, it is important to note that these workers were also exposed to other particles in the air as a nature of their daily work. Two other similar studies based in the U.S.

“There is no published research available currently that has examined the impacts of vaginal or vulvar exposure to titanium dioxide,” Aimee Eyvazzadeh, MD, a fertility and endocrinology specialist,

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

 

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