Let’s Talk Period
September 1, 2009
Listen to Melissa Weiss, an ovarian cancer survivor and mama, tell her story.
September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund and Seventh Generation has started a website, Let’s Talk Period, to educate women about ovarian cancer.
Did you know that 22,000 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer JUST THIS YEAR, it’s the 5th leading cause of cancer death in women in the U.S. Risk factors include: peri or post-menopause, family or personal history of breast or ovarian cancer, uninterrupted ovulation ( no pregnancies, or no prior use of oral contraceptives ), and presence of BRCA 1 or BRCA 2 gene mutations.
In support of women and ovarian cancer, Seventh Generation is donating up to $22,000 to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund – $1 for every person that registers on the site. In addition, as a thank you for participating, Seventh Generation will give each registrant a coupon for their organic cotton tampons that are not bleached with chlorine, free of rayon and don’t contain added perfumes or dyes.
Why organic cotton tampons? Listen to what Dr. Greene has to say.
I’ve been using organic cotton, chlorine free tampons for two years and have found them to be equally effective as anything else I’ve used and while slightly more expensive, over the course of a year – it’s not much, less than $20 a year! It’s worth your health 
