Crimson Organic

There are many health conscious people who are becoming increasingly mindful of the foods they consume and the personal products they use on their skin. However one often overlooked health risk for women comes from using conventional tampons which are placed in one of the most absorbent parts of the body and contain chemicals, pesticides, fragrances, synthetics and plastic from sprayed non-organic cotton crops.

Crimson Organic believe women should not have to expose themselves to harmful chemicals and toxins in order to manage their monthly flow. Crimson tampons contain only ONE material; 100% certified pure organic cotton. Nothing else. Read on to find out more about the advantages for both your body and the environment from choosing organic tampons.

From Crimson Organic …

Want to reduce your risk of Toxic Shock Syndrome? Choose our 100% organic cottons. Crimson Organic was created by Vicki Scott through her desire to offer busy women a better, easier way to minimise the chance of being “caught out”.  While juggling her job as a lawyer with the demands of family life and volunteer work, she decided there had to be a smarter way to access and purchase period care that ensured supplies when she needed them.

Being a lawyer, Vicki did her homework very, very thoroughly. And she was dismayed by her findings when she scrutinised the brand of tampons she had used for years and had, worse still, begun buying for her daughter.

Conventional tampon brands contain chemicals, toxins, pesticides and synthetics such as viscose, rayon and plastic. She learned they can place women’s health at risk and damage our environment. This propelled her onto another quest; to find the safest tampon available. The choice was obvious; 100% pure certified organic cotton tampons.

Love Your Body – What You Put Into It Matters

Many of us are completely unaware of the danger posed by conventional tampons. Your vaginal vault is one of the most absorbent parts of your body. So introduced chemicals, pesticides, fragrances, synthetics and plastic from sprayed non-organic cotton crops are involuntarily absorbed by your body. 

At Crimson Organic we believe women should not have to expose themselves to harmful chemicals and toxins in order to manage their monthly flow. Crimson tampons contain only ONE material; 100% certified pure organic cotton. Nothing else.

Conventional tampons are typically made from cellulose, rayon, viscose and other synthetic fibres derived from wood pulp (sawdust). When they are bleached, a by-product called dioxin can be released. Regular exposure to dioxin is not only carcinogenic (causes cancer) but is also linked to endometriosis and endocrine disruption. This is one of the reasons that endometriosis support groups recommend using organic cotton products…like Crimson.    

Synthetics are cheaper to produce than cotton. However, they have been repeatedly associated with Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS). This is a rare but potentially deadly illness caused by bacteria and linked to the use of tampons.

The world’s leading expert on TSS is Dr Philip Tierno, a professor at New York University Medical School.  The professor has spent 40 years conducting independent research into TSS and its link to tampons. His research shows tampon composition and the length of time it is left in the body are both major contributing factors to TSS.

Dr Tierno believes that the safest tampon is a 100% cotton tampon. Which is exactly what we supply at Crimson Organic.

In an interview with The Guardian he said: “the bottom line is that you can get TSS with synthetic tampons but not with an all-cotton tampon”. In a recent podcast interview he discussed the dangers of using tampons that contain synthetic ingredients.  He also warns against using tampons made from conventionally grown cotton because they contain residues of pesticides such as glyphosphate (found in Round-Up weedkiller) that are subsequently absorbed by the body.

Like Dr Tierno, we at Crimson believe corners should not be cut when it comes to women’s wellbeing. Synthetics may be cheaper to produce but we value your health more. 

Love Your Earth – Environ-menstrual Facts

Small Things Can Have Big Effects. Conventional branded menstrual products nearly all contain plastic. A woman uses an average of over 11,000 disposable menstrual products in her reproductive lifetime. That’s enough plastic to fill the average sized car. It ends up in landfill or, even worse, in seas and rivers causing harm to marine life. Some of this plastic can take up to a lifetime to biodegrade. Crimson tampons contain NO PLASTIC. They are compostable and biodegrade in 3-5 years.

Regular cotton is one of the most sprayed crops in the world. The pesticides and insecticides applied contaminates the waterways and the soil. This can destroy the eco-systems and puts both the animals and our health at risk. By using only 100% organic cotton like we do at Crimson, we eliminate this risk of harm to our planet and speed up the rate of biodegradability. Additionally, by supporting organic farming you do not expose cotton workers to the risk of potentially lethal pesticide poisoning.

Period Poverty

Vicki also saw the opportunity to support girls and women who struggle to access period products.  Through her job working with displaced people and vulnerable youth, she realised many families in our community cannot afford menstrual products, forcing too many young women to stay home from school every month. Crimson Organic provides an opportunity to help these young women overcome that barrier to both education and menstrual care.

Every girl deserves access to safe period products, and our precious planet deserves pesticide free agriculture and production.