BE UNIQUE

How Our Periods Are Destroying The Planet

Kirsty Q
Kirsty Q
Jun 8, 2020 · 4 min read
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At the time of writing this article, there are approximately 3,867,401,147 women populating the earth. The average woman menstruates for around 40 years in total. In these 40 years, it is estimated that each woman will have around 2400 days where she will have a bleed. As a woman, this bleed is something that we have to manage and in modern times the options we have to do this…

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