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Tampons with parachutes being dropped on Dutch beaches {Gadling}
Jul 21st 2009 12:25PM
Although this video is absolutely brilliant, no one mentioned the environmental waste that is routinely created by MOST women -- simply by using and discarding these disposable menstrual products in the “normal” way. In other words, tampons are truly BAD for the environment!
The statistics astound. While I doubt that 100% accurate statistics exist, it is estimated that, in a woman's lifetime, she’s likely to use 15,000 sanitary pads or tampons. Put another way, she throws away 250 to 300 pounds of tampons, pads and applicators in her lifetime. And plastic tampon applicators may not biodegrade for several hundred years.
But these numbers are too large to fully imagine. To VIEW a comparison photo showing the amount of waste caused by tampon use in 1 month, 1 year, 10 years, and 40 years (one woman’s average menstruating lifetime), go the Keeper.com, the website of The Keeper, Inc., manufacturer (since 1987) of The Keeper reusable latex menstrual cup. Click on “New: Photos,” on the left side of the page. You’ll be shocked by what you see there. (HINT: A DUMP TRUCK was used to show an average lifetime use!)
By the way, I just checked on YouTube and this video, placed there 2 weeks ago, has so far garnered 146,402 views, up from 144,869 views yesterday. I have no doubt that the tons of online publicity it is getting will add to its acclaim!
How sad that companies like The Keeper, Inc. -- and other small manufacturers of environment-friendly products -- don’t have the budgets necessary to create slick videos like this one! If they did, they could REALLY change the world.
Thanks so much.
Julia Schopick
Director of Marketing
The Keeper, Inc.
www.Keeper.com
Special edition pink knives {Slashfood}
Oct 12th 2006 12:34AM For an interesting twist on the topic of the "pinking" of breast cancer awareness, there are three articles I link to from my website, http://www.honestmedicine.typepad.com, that I think you might like to read.
To access these three articles, please go to the links on the left side of my site, and look under “articles of importance."
1)"Welcome to Cancerland: A Mammogram Leads to a Cult of Pink Kitsch," by Barbara Ehrenreich. A classic.
2)"Chemo Concession" (contains some surprising information about the chemotherapy industry)
3) “Vaccine Against Cancer,” about a really interesting cancer treatment being used by a doctor in Germany.
All three articles will give you another perspective on the “think pink” phenomenon. I hope you will find them informative. Thanks very much for giving them a look!
Sincerely,
Julia Schopick
http://www.honestmedicine.typepad.com
A sweet way to support breast cancer research {ParentDish}
Oct 12th 2006 12:24AM For an interesting twist on the topic of the "pinking" of breast cancer awareness, there are three articles I link to from my website, http://www.honestmedicine.typepad.com, that I think you might like to read.
To access these three articles, please go to the links on the left side of my site, and look under “articles of importance."
1)"Welcome to Cancerland: A Mammogram Leads to a Cult of Pink Kitsch," by Barbara Ehrenreich. A classic.
2)"Chemo Concession" (contains some surprising information about the chemotherapy industry)
3) “Vaccine Against Cancer,” about a really interesting cancer treatment being used by a doctor in Germany.
All three articles will give you another perspective on the “think pink” phenomenon. I hope you will find them informative. Thanks very much for giving them a look!
Sincerely,
Julia Schopick
http://www.honestmedicine.typepad.com
a.testoni Pink Turtle Bag, Handbag of the Day {Luxist}
Oct 9th 2006 12:00AM For an interesting twist on the topic of the "pinking" of breast cancer awareness, please see the link on my website, http://www.honestmedicine.typepad.com, to the article "Welcome to Cancerland: A Mammogram Leads to a Cult of Pink Kitsch" by Barbara Ehrenreich. (You can access the article by going to the left side of my site, under “articles of importance.”)
This article will give you a different perspective on the topic! It is a classic.
Sincerely,
Julia Schopick
www.honestmedicine.typepad.com
