Menstruation & The Environment

Is a relationship between the environment and menstruation?

Menstruation

“It is a very personal term.”

Menstruation has always been very personal to me due the constant phase of fighting back the pre-determined stigmas attached to it. In India, women still struggle with the issue of pad disposal.

My Personal Experience

I have myself witnessed how women close to me used to throw pads in the open pits or drainage instead of their homes, which was somehow damaging the environment and leading to the cause of many environmental issues directly or indirectly. Thus, both menstruation and the environment are very closely knitted together with each other in a cycle.