BON Certified Organic Light Tampons

BON Certified Organic Light Tampons (16 Pack)

What are BON Certified Organic Tampons?

Bon Certified Organic Tampons are 100% certified organic cotton providing a natural alternative to feminine hygiene products. They are comfortable and discreet, easy to use, cost effective and free from bleaches which can contain small amounts of toxins such as carcinogenic dioxin, synthetic fragrances and other endocrine disruptors.

Why use BON Certified Organic Tampons?

BON Certified Organic Tampons are pesticide-free cotton tampons that are free from synthetic chemicals, ensuring that they are soft to use on delicate skin while providing optimal absorbency. Using BON tampons can help decrease the risk of Toxic Shock Syndrome and reduce the risk of developing any irritability or rashes. Because they are made from 100% cotton, organic tampons are long lasting and completely biodegradable which makes them environmentally friendly.

What are the Key Benefits of BON Certified Organic Tampons?

• Certified Organic cotton prevents side effects from occurring
• Reduces risk of exposing our bodies to nasty chemicals
• Pesticide free
• Contains no synthetic fragrances
• Highly absorbent
• Biodegradable & environment friendly

Sizes:

Light, Medium & Super (16 Tampons per pack)

Why Choose BON?

A BON Tampon

A BON Tampon is a premium European product that is designed in New Zealand and is 100% New Zealand owned and operated. Choosing to use BON 100% Certified Organic Tampons eliminates the risk of your health being jeopardised by harmful chemicals, pesticides and bleaching processes.

Certified Organic

The BON Tampon and manufacturing process is certified organic by GOTS, an internationally recognised, independent, organic certification organisation.
No Bleaches or other Harsh Chemicals such as chemical fertilizers, herbicides, insecticides or fungicides.
BON Tampons are made from 100% certified organic cotton. This eliminates the harmful risk of having any chemicals in the proximity of the most absorbent area of a women's body.

The Packaging

BON has been designed to handle the harshest of handbag environments. BON packaging is 100% environmentally friendly and all BON materials are made with 100% recyclable goods. This means the materials used to make BON packaging are biodegradable and dissolve naturally in landfills.

Absorbency of BON Tampons

BON Tampons are available in light, regular and super absorbency. The BON brand stands for premium quality. When BON was being developed, there was no point in creating a premium quality product using the finest material if the function did not meet expectations and the highest of standards. BON will provide exactly the same protection as other leading brands however has the added benefits of being premium organic product.

A Comparison

Conventional tampons can be harmful to the environment. The toxic manufacturing process has a huge negative impact on our planet and our health. We aim to live in a sustainable environment by trying to minimise the number of environmental pollutants that are harmful to both our planet and our health.
In third world countries, a significant number of workers are involved in spraying potentially cancer-causing chemicals onto the cotton causing direct contact.

Any idea what's in Conventional Tampons?

• Rayon/Cellulose Wood Pulp/Viscose: Cellulose wood pulp is obtained from trees (with an average waste of 50% of each tree).
• Pesticides: Spraying of pesticides can potentially cause cancer.
• Bleach/Dioxin: Dioxins are an environmental pollutant and known carcinogenic by product of bleaching and manufacturing processes.
• Natural/Recycled Cotton: This is not certified organic.
• Fragrance Chemicals
• Toxic Heavy Metals

Why Choose Certified Organic?

What does Organic mean?

An organic product is one that is produced without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or other artificial chemicals, according to principles of organic farming and can be any farmed product including food, wine,honey, herbal products or products used for personal care like cotton.

What is Certified Organic?

A product can only be guaranteed as organic if it has been certified as being organic by an independent organic certification organisation or agency, according to internationally recognised and audited standards^{1, 2}.

Examples of trusted certification agencies:

• BioGro
• AsureQuality

What are Organic Principles?

These are internationally agreed ethical principles that guide the entire process of production of all organic products from food, to herbal ingredients to natural commodities like cotton^{3, 4.}

Health

Healthy products produced from healthy soil and pure water with no synthetic colourings, preservatives or additives and are not genetically engineered or altered in any way.

Ecology

Farming methods that are based on natural ecosystems and cycles, are sustainable, protect the environment, and enhance biodiversity.

Fairness

Farming methods that show respect for animal welfare and all living things, using humane and ethical practices at all stages of production.

Care

Protecting and caring for the environment, including land and water used in all aspects of organic farming, in a responsible manner for future generations.

Key Benefits of Certified Organic:

The organic certification process:

• Is essential for producers of organic products as confirmation that their products are authentic 
• Gives consumers confidence that the product has been produced according to organic principles
• Enables traceability back to the source of origin of all certified organic products

Beware of greenwashing:

If a product has not been certified as organic but is marketed as such, this practice is known as greenwashing.

Check for:

• A certification logo 
• Unique organic customer number

Benefits of Certified Organic Tampons

• Free from contamination with chemicals like pesticides, phthalates (used in plastics), azo-dyes, dioxins5 (persistent organic pollutants usually by-products of industrial processes), chlorine (used in water treatment and manufacturing) 
• Made with 100% cotton, a natural product, which may reduce toxic shock syndrome 
• Made without added fragrance which can irritate sensitive skin
• No endocrine disruptors like phthalates and fragrance
• Biodegradable, compostable and generally environmentally friendly

What is an Endocrine Disruptor?

An endocrine disruptor is a chemical that can mimic or interfere with the function of a natural hormone in the body. Endocrine systems control normal functioning of our body and if disrupted can affect growth, development, reproduction, fertility, and ability to respond to our environment; they can also cause diseases like cancer⁶.

What is Toxic Shock Syndrome?

Toxic shock syndrome is a serious and potentially life-threatening condition and is a reaction to the invasion of the body by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus getting into the bloodstream. This can happen when using superabsorbent tampons made with synthetic materials like rayon.

References

1. https://www.asurequality.com/our-industries/organic-certification/
2. https://www.biogro.co.nz/what-is-organic-certification 
3. Organic Principles
4. http://www.oanz.org/why-organic/faq-s.html 
5. Principles of organic agriculture
6. https://www.ifoam.bio/pt/organic-landmarks/principles-organic-agriculture 
7. Dioxins and their effects on human health
8. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs225/en/ 
9. Endocrine Disruptors. National Institute of Environment and Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 2010. 
10. https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/endocrine/index.cfm