The Best Sustainable Swimwear Brands for Guilt-Free Summers
Almost all swimwear starts as virgin plastic and sheds microplastics every time you wash it. Here are the sustainable swimwear brands making suits from recycled fibers, built to last.
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What’s Really in a Pad or Tampon? Mostly, Nobody Has to Say
One state requires menstrual products to list their ingredients. Everywhere else, a pad can be most plastic, contain fragrance, and disclose neither. Here’s what’s in there and how to read around the gap.
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Dioxin in Tampons: The Scare That the Industry Already Fixed
The chlorine bleaching that produced dioxin in tampons was phased out decades ago. Trace dioxin still turns up, including in organic cotton, for a reason that has nothing to do with tampons at all.
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Metals in Tampons: What the 2024 Study Found, and What It Didn’t
Researchers tested 30 tampons across 14 brands and found lead in every single one. The FDA opened an investigation. What that means in practice is more complicated and less frightening than the headlines suggested.
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The Best Organic Tampons and Period Products, Vetted
You wear period products against some of the most absorbent tissue in your body, so what they’re made of matters. Here are the organic and low-tox period brands worth switching to.
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The Best Non-Toxic Cleaning Products for an Actually Clean Home
Most cleaning sprays hide their ingredients behind one word and fill your home with fumes you didn’t agree to breathe. Here are the non-toxic cleaning brands that clean well and tell you what’s inside.
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Nickel in Jewelry: Europe Limits It, America Doesn’t
Nickel is the most common contact allergen there is, and roughly one in ten women reacts to it. Europe caps how much a piece of jewelry may release into skin. The US has no equivalent rule, and “hypoallergenic” means nothing.
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Lab-Grown vs Mined Diamonds: The Carbon Math Isn’t Settled
Lab-grown skips the mine, which is the strongest argument for it. But growing a diamond takes enormous energy, and where that energy comes from decides whether the footprint is smaller or larger.
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Recycled Gold Is Better Than Nothing. It Isn’t What You Think.
Buying recycled gold doesn’t reduce mining, because gold has always been recycled and the supply is nearly fixed. The certification that does change something for miners is one almost nobody has heard of.
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The Best Sustainable Jewelry Brands, From Recycled Gold to Ethical Diamonds
Gold mining is one of the dirtiest industries on the planet, and most jewelry hides where its metal and stones came from. Here are the sustainable jewelry brands doing it in the open.
