If you can't talk about periods without blushing or you're male, it is advisable not to read any further.
I was chatting recently with a lady from a well-known company which produces femcare products and we entered upon a discussion I'm not entirely sure I wanted to be part of.
Did you know that our menstrual pads and tampons undergo constant and rigorous testing and research procedures? As well as inventing new technology, there is a panel of women who rate and score menstrual pads they are sent. For example, how comfortable the pads are and how well they absorb.
THEN (this is where it gets bit icky) they FREEZE them (what? In amongst the petits pois and Magnums?) and send them off for analysis. Once defrosted, a team of (hopefully highly paid) scientists treat these pads with reverence - photographing them for documentation, marking the areas where the blood has collected AND they SMELL them. I did find a site that had documented photographs of used menstrual pads but luckily for you, I am not posting that. Not much puts me off my food but this did.
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