MoonCup-Info.com: Feminine hygiene protection that is safe for the environment

The MoonCup is an environmentally safe and non-toxic healthy choice in feminine hygiene protection.

Have you considered that...
...with average usage, each woman using tampons disposes of 20,000 during her years of menstruating? That's eight tampons per day/night... throughout a period of five days... per month… for 40 years.

Sanitary pads represent a similar usage and disposal, and all 'disposable' products have many 'not so disposable' parts. MoonCup is not associated with this unnecessary and avoidable planetary pollution! Our hope is that women will read, talk about and use the environmentally friendly MoonCup.

Why...?
...because reduced demand for the less environmentally friendly products, like tampons and pads, ultimately curbs production, and disposal of them, thus the collective contribution of millions of women worldwide makes a difference.

Another concern for consideration...
...non-biodegradable materials such as Polypropylene and Polyethylene, (used to make the non-woven covering on panty pads), Polyacrylate gels, (which add the 'super absorbency' factor to ultra thin pads and liners), plastic wrappers, applicators, backing strips, etc. contribute to environmental pollution on an alarming scale.

Consider that more than half the global population is female, and many are using tampons and pads... all of their cast-offs remain indefinitely, polluting our environment in land fills, drains, septic tanks, rivers and the oceans. Many of these components are derivatives of petrochemicals; their manufacture contributes to the spiraling depletion of our planet’s fossil fuel resources.

The MoonCup is an environmentally friendly choice for feminine hygiene protection, and your personal environmental effort is part of a ‘global group' effort.

Millions of people who care and are environmentally and socially aware contribute daily, for the love and continued health of our planet - your disuse of products that represent misuse of this planet and its resources makes a positive difference.

More reasons to use the MoonCup…
...the most common ingredients used to make tampons are Rayon & Cotton. During the manufacturing process of rayon, (a derivative of wood pulp), manufacturers often use chlorine gas for bleaching. This bleaching process creates Dioxin residue - one of the most toxic chemicals on earth. It can’t be destroyed or broken down, and its' toxicity accumulates in the location of manufacture and poses a threat to animal, plant and human life forms.

See the 'Health' page for more related implications...

The MoonCup is produced by combining three of the most common elements on earth. Carbon, hydrogen and silicon - the second most abundant element in the earths crust, found in sand. Together, these three elements create silicone.

This particular silicone is of the same bio-compatible (body friendly) standard that has been successfully used for more than fifty years in medical applications such as heart valve replacements and joint prosthesis. It has also been extensively tested and approved in laboratories and clinical studies. This soft, flexible, smooth silicone is easy to clean during the days of use,

By rinsing with water or wiping with toilet paper or a suitable ‘wet wipe’, between removal and reinsertion. To sterilize before storage between cycles simply submerge in boiling water or a sterilizing solution of your choice. This easy care is all it takes to get ten years of use out of one MoonCup.

See the 'Economic' page for the financial benefits of the MoonCup...