Menstrual equity is not a new concept to public health. But, besides cost and availability, have you ever considered safety as another dimension to period health? Alexandra Scranton from Women’s Voices of the Earth joins us to talk about the role of chemical exposures in menstrual products, their regulation/marketing, and the stigma that underlies the whole system.

Alexandra Scranton (she/her) is the Director of Science and Research at Women’s Voices for the Earth. Alex authors WVE’s scientific reports and provides scientific review for the organization’s programs. Prior to working at WVE, she worked in the epidemiology and statistics unit at the American Lung Association headquarters in New York. She currently sits on the Research Advisory Committee for the California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative and on the Institutional Biosafety Committee for Rocky Mountain Laboratories (a National Institutes of Health facility). She has a master’s degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana and a B.A. from Amherst College. Alex lives and works from Cheyenne, WY, with her husband and two beautiful daughters.

For more information about Women’s Voices for the Earth and their work, check out these links:

• Women’s Voices for the Earth website:https://womensvoices.org/

• Chem Fatale Report:https://womensvoices.org/menstrual-care-products/chem-fatale-report/

• What’s in Your Period Product report: https://womensvoices.org/report-whats-in-your-period-product/

• Chemicals in Menstrual Products: A Systematic Review:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37743685/

  
  

The production of this podcast was supported by Grant 6-T76MC00017-27-01 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the host and guests of this podcast episode and do not necessarily represent the official views of HRSA or HHS.