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Pads and Shields

External pads made from cloth and laundered for reuse were used until World

War I. Nurses using a surgical dressing made from a wood pulp derivative

called alpha cellulose began using it to make feminine hygiene pads.

Disposable pads were then manufactured to replace the homemade varieties.

Again, the developments and modifications in pads and shields may not have

been in the best interest of the consumer. The wood pulp used in pads is

commonly chlorine-bleached exposing the consumer and the environment to

dioxin.

The Non-Chlorine-Bleached, Environmentally Sound Alternative:

Natracare Pads and Shields

There are other " natural " pads available to the consumer, but Natracare Pads

and Shields are the only non-chlorine bleached products available in the US

that do not use pulp from ancient, endangered North American forests.

Natracare uses only pulp from a Scandinavian mill that uses a forest

management system that sets environmental standards for the pulp and paper

industry worldwide. The issue of using endangered North American forests for

feminine hygiene products is the focus of a current worldwide Greenpeace

Awareness Campaign.

Natracare Pads and Shields are not manufactured using CTMP (Chemo-Thermal

Mechanical Processing). This process requires a high input of energy. Toxic

sulfur compounds along with resin acids and other wood wastes make CTMP

waste highly toxic to fish and very difficult to biodegrade. Pads made with

this process break up and clump. Natracare Pads and plastic-free, breathable

Panty Shields are made from hydrogen-peroxide bleached pulp so they are

comfortable and reliable and do not " clump " .

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