Companies selling tampons, pads, menstrual cups or period underwear in New York State are now required to disclose all intentionally added ingredients on product labels after the state passed the nation’s first menstrual product disclosure law in 2021, which helped to spark the recent frenzy.confirmed to The Post that titanium dioxide has not been found to have adverse effects on women’s reproductive health but clarified that this is because it hasn’t been specifically studied.
“I don’t want to alarm, but I think people should be conscious of what they’re putting in and on their bodies,” Dr. Gilberg-Lenz said. “It’s kind of offensive to imply that we shouldn’t be asking questions about what we’re putting in our vagina.” She said that women do not need to immediately throw out all products containing titanium dioxide, but is pushing for the chemical to be specifically studied for potential harm to the human body when used in menstruation aids.
Women who are worried about titanium dioxide in tampons should check the ingredient list on their tampon box and can turn to other products, including period underwear and menstrual cups, she said.