Imichiza enetyhefu: ayilunganga ebantwini, kodwa imbi kakhulu kwilungu lethu lobuni. Ukanti ngokwenzululwazi, imichiza enetyhefu ifunyenwe kweyona ndawo iphazamisayo kwiindawo: Thinx iimpahla zangaphantsi zexesha. Kupholile kupholile. Oku kwakunjalo uxelwe nguJessian Choy ye yabona , Iphephancwadi laseSierra Club, elalisele lingasetyenziswanga iimpahla zangaphantsi zikaThinx ezihlalutyiweyo sisazinzulu senyukliya uGraham Peaslee weYunivesithi yaseNotre Dame. Iziphumo zifumene izinto ze-polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) kumaleko angaphakathi e-crotch.
Ii-PFAs zinjalo ifunyanwa rhoqo ekunqandeni amanzi / ekungangeni manzi kugqityiwe, ukusuka kwiidyasi zemvula ukuya kwiibhibhi zosana ukuya kwi-teflon ukuya kwiimveliso zokucoca. Ziyafumaneka ekupakisheni ukutya, kwaye kuba zingenakuboliswa ziintsholongwane ekugqibeleni ziya kuphelela emhlabeni wethu, amanzi ethu okusela, ukutya esikutyayo, njl.
Ii-PFAs zinxulunyaniswe neendlela ezahlukeneyo ze iingxaki zempilo , kubandakanya umhlaza, iingxaki zokuzala, iziphene zokuzalwa, ukonakala kwesibindi, imiba ye-thyroid kunye nokunye. Ii-PFAs ziindaba ezimbi kwimizimba yethu, kwaye ukuba zicinezelwe ngokuchasene nobuthathaka kunye nokuvezwa (singasathethi ke nge-absorbent) zizinto ezenza intlekele.
Akululanga ukuba ngumntu osexesheni. Unokubandezeleka kwiimpawu ezahlukeneyo ezibandakanya i-PMS, ukutshintsha kwemozulu, ukuqunjelwa, kunye nesicaphucaphu, ukubiza nje ezimbalwa. Iimpahla zakho zangaphantsi ezintle zihlala zisengozini yokonakaliswa. Kwaye ekuphela kwendlela onokuthi ujongane nayo ngombala obomvu ngokungxama kukufaka imbumbulu yomqhaphu kuwe okanye ukunxiba iphedi, yona ilweyile kubantu abadala. Owu, zikho neekomityi zokuya exesheni, ukuba uyakonwabela ukwenza iglasi yeplastikhi yolwelo lwakho kwiiyure ezimbalwa.
Faka iipenties zexesha: ezi undies zifunxa ngakumbi zivumele ukuba ukhulule ukopha ngaphandle komculo kwaye akukho ngxabano. Ngokukhawuleza i-Thinx yaba luphawu oluphambili kwimarike, ngenxa yentengiso encinci kunye nomyalezo wobufazi ojolise ekonakaliseni ukuya exesheni. Umphathi we-Thinx uMaria Molland uphendule kwi yabona Inqaku lisithi, Ngokusekwe kwezi mvavanyo zomntu wesithathu, iikhemikhali zePFAS azifumanekanga kwiimveliso zeThinx… Impilo nokhuseleko lwabathengi bethu yeyona nto iphambili kuthi, kwaye siya kuhlala sisebenza ukuhambisa ezona mveliso zikhuselekileyo zikhoyo.
Eli ayiloxesha lokuqala uphawu lwe-Thinx luxhomekeke kwimpikiswano: owayesakuba yi-CEO Miki Agrawal wagxothwa evela kwinkampani ye-Sexual Harassment kunye nokuziphatha okuphindaphindiweyo okungafanelekanga kubasebenzi bakhe.
Kukudana okudanisayo kweziganeko kwimveliso abaninzi ababenethemba lokuba iya kuba yimpendulo eco-friendly kwiimveliso zokuya exesheni. Siyazi ukuba iipads kunye neetampon, njengezona zininzi iimveliso ezisebenzisayo, zinefuthe elibi kwindalo esingqongileyo. Kodwa xa sijonga ukonakaliswa kwendalo kunye nokonakaliswa kwamalungu ethu abucala, uninzi lwethu luya kwenza konke okusemandleni ukuqinisekisa ukhuseleko lwejunk yethu.
Kwicala elingasentla, iLunapads yavavanywa ngokufanayo kwaye kwafunyaniswa ukuba ayinayo iPFAS. Phakathi kwabo kunye neekomityi zokuya exesheni, kusekho iindlela ezikhuselekileyo zokuya exesheni kwabo kuthi bafuna ukuhlala beluhlaza ngelixa bekhwele inamba ebomvu.
(nge Inkampani ekhawulezayo , umfanekiso: U-Eugene Gologursky / Getty Izithombe ze-THINX, Inc.)
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