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Thanks, supply chain. Now there's a tampon shortage.

by Savannah Maher
Jun 14, 2022
Supplies of cotton and rayon have been stymied by the issues that have inundated the chain for a while.
Supply chain woes have continued to the point where tampons are hard to find on store shelves.
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In Mexico City, a plastics ban prompts debate over women's access to tampons

by Rodrigo Cervantes
Apr 20, 2021
Women's rights advocates say the plastics ban leaves low-income women with few options.
Shelves filled with female sanitary products in Mexico City show no tampons as a result of the single-use plastic ban restricting them.
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Nevada’s "tampon tax" ballot initiative brings up questions about fairness and gender equality

by Jana Kasperkevic
Nov 1, 2018
Women voters are thinking beyond their own wallets when heading to polls this November.
Las Vegas Strip-themed "I Voted" stickers are displayed on the first day of early voting at the Meadows Mall on Oct. 20, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. 
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