Call for tampons to be subject to product-specific safety regulations while retaining VAT-free status. These safety regulations should require ingredient labelling, rigorous safety testing, and post-market monitoring.
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Require period product packaging to include information about health
Make it a legal requirement for all period product packaging to include information to show that period patterns are an indicator of physical health. Clear information on warning signs of periods indicating potential underlying gynaecological diseases and cancer. Early recognition saves lives.
Introduce a statutory duty to acknowledge and support menstrual health.
We call on the UK Government to introduce new legislation placing a statutory duty on schools, colleges, training providers and employers to recognise, accommodate and support menstrual health and period-related impacts for girls and women, from adolescence through adulthood.
Call for tampons to be subject to product-specific safety regulations while retaining VAT-free status. These safety regulations should require ingredient labelling, rigorous safety testing, and post-market monitoring.
React
Members can read every reason.
Require period product packaging to include information about health
Make it a legal requirement for all period product packaging to include information to show that period patterns are an indicator of physical health. Clear information on warning signs of periods indicating potential underlying gynaecological diseases and cancer. Early recognition saves lives.
Introduce a statutory duty to acknowledge and support menstrual health.
We call on the UK Government to introduce new legislation placing a statutory duty on schools, colleges, training providers and employers to recognise, accommodate and support menstrual health and period-related impacts for girls and women, from adolescence through adulthood.