Read Kotex Natural Balance Security Tampons 45 Count: 28 Super Plus & vs Tampons: which is safer?
Seventh Generation Tampons is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Kotex Natural
Read Kotex Natural Balance Security Tampons 45 Count: 28 Super Plus &
PFAS grade
Good 70/100
Overall grade
Good 52/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 3
Material
Cotton and rayon core, plastic applicator
Confidence
72%
PossiblePlastic applicator composition and leachables
PossibleMicroplastic shedding from applicator
ReportedToxic shock syndrome (TSS) association
Our pick
Seventh Generation
Tampons
PFAS grade
Excellent 100/100
Overall grade
Excellent 100/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
none flagged
Material
organic cotton, cardboard applicator
Confidence
88%
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Plastic applicator composition and leachables, Microplastic shedding from applicator and Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) association on the Kotex Natural and not on the Seventh Generation.
- The Kotex Natural is Cotton and rayon core, plastic applicator where the Seventh Generation is organic cotton, cardboard applicator, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 30 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Seventh Generation is the one to buy.
Both products run through the same public rubric: materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →
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