Did everyone see the thinx lawsuit?

[SnuggleBuggles]

Saw this the other day and I know Thinx and the like are popular here. Are you going to keep using them? Is the risk low enough for you?
"If you live in the U.S. and bought Thinx underwear recently, you could soon be getting some money back.That's because the period panty brand has just settled a class-action lawsuit alleging that its products — long marketed as a safer, more sustainable approach to menstrual hygiene — contain potentially harmful chemicals.
Plaintiffs say third-party testing on the underwear revealed the presence of short chain per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), human-made chemicals that are found in many consumer and industrial products, do not easily break down and have been linked to adverse health effects. And they're accusing the company of fraud and other deceptive practices as a result."... https://www.npr.org/2023/01/19/11500...uit-settlement

[essnce629]

I have over 2 dozen pairs of Thinx and Dear Kate period undies and will continue to use them. PFAS are also found in many many brands of pads and tampons.


[I]"The consumer studies, conducted at labs certified by the US Environment Protection Agency, tested 23 types of tampons and 46 pad products for fluorine, an indicator of PFAS.

Five popular tampon brands and 22 types of pads — even some advertised as organic — were found to detectable levels of fluorine between 11 and 154 parts per million, which strongly suggests that PFAS are present, according to the report."[I/]

https://www.insider.com/whats-in-pad...n-thinx-2023-1

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[echoesofspring]

I was very appreciative (and unsurprised) that Jen Gunther covered this last week in her newsletter: https://vajenda.substack.com/p/shoul...oxic-chemicals

I'll keep using mine, but the whole situation with PFAs is infuriating and discouraging.

[trales]

Pfas is in everything. I study pfas uptake in plants from contaminated soil. We have to source all equipment as certified pfas free (almost impossible) and pfas is almost everything you touch or wear. It is so hard to avoid. Unless you grow your own cotton and weave your own clothes, I Just don't know how to avoid it.

[citymama]

I was very appreciative (and unsurprised) that Jen Gunther covered this last week in her newsletter: https://vajenda.substack.com/p/shoul...oxic-chemicals

I'll keep using mine, but the whole situation with PFAs is infuriating and discouraging.

I read that too! I will definitely keep wearing them - bottom line for new pairs is to wear them only after washing, preferably a few times.