More than one in ten women in the UK struggled to afford period products in the last year, a new survey has revealed, with some forced to take dangerous health risks such as wearing tampons for longer than recommended.
Period poverty was found to still be a pervasive problem in Britain, with some women and people who menstruate having to make do with newspaper instead. Those who resorted to leaving their tampons in for too long face increased risk of serious bacterial infections such as life-threatening Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS).
