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"In the United States and Canada alone, more than 12 billion pads and tampons are tossed annually. Using cloth menstrual pads can help to reduce the landfill burden.  There are a number of sites that offer free patterns and instructions to make your own pads.&amp;#160; Several other websites offer ready-made cloth pads for purchase. Since they don&amp;#8217;t aren&amp;#8217;t made with plastic, the pollution generated by the plastic manufacturing industry doesn&amp;#8217;t come into the picture with cloth pads. Choosing unbleached fabrics means that health-threatening dioxins were not used to lighten fabric.  Organic cloth for pads will ensure that pesticides have not been used in fiber production. If the pads are laundered with earth-friendly practices, the environmental savings really add up.  This is one area where a small change in habits can mean a big benefit to the environment."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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