Fiona’s Reviews > Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation > Status Update
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"The [Environmental Working Group], an activist group that reports on toxic chemicals and pollutants, often overstates risks associated with everyday products (in one survey, 79% of toxicologist felt the EWG overstated risks from chemicals). You may be familiar with their 'dirty dozen list' for fruits and vegetables, but a peer-reviewed study [says it doesn't follow established scientific procedures]."
— Oct 03, 2025 03:21AM
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"Avoid condoms with spermicide, as they are impregnated with nonoxynol-9, which does not improve their effectiveness, shortens their shelf life, and paradoxically increases the risk of sexually transmitted disease if exposed, as it damages the vaginal microbiome."
— Oct 20, 2025 09:45PM
"Avoid condoms with spermicide, as they are impregnated with nonoxynol-9, which does not improve their effectiveness, shortens their shelf life, and paradoxically increases the risk of sexually transmitted disease if exposed, as it damages the vaginal microbiome."
Fiona
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"To have a uterus and ovaries is to walk the line between the potential for reproduction and trauma, and that can only go on for so long."
— Oct 03, 2025 04:46PM
Fiona
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"They are not “feminine hygiene” products because: • Needing them is not a sign of being feminine; it’s a sign that you need something to catch blood. • They’re not hygiene products because menstruating is not unhygienic. They are menstrual products. And they’re essential."
— Oct 02, 2025 07:51PM
Fiona
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"It is important to know that earlier periods are associated with some health conditions, most notably breast cancer, endometriosis, and chronic pain conditions. [...] The increased risk of breast cancer is believed to be the result of a greater cumulative lifetime exposure to estrogen, but the mechanism for the increased risk of endometriosis and chronic pain is not well understood."
— Sep 22, 2025 08:14PM
Fiona
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"I must yet again insert an exasperated comment about how naming things because they were first found in men is hopelessly misogynistic. But if you have been doing medical research by looking primarily at men, what do you expect? It’s a wonder the heart isn’t called the andro because it was first studied in a man."
— Sep 17, 2025 09:56PM
