Major tampon makers pledge to tackle US shortages

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

Major tampon makers pledge to tackle US shortages

By Annabelle Liang
Business reporter

Major tampon manufacturers in the United States have pledged to make more of the sanitary products to address shortages in the country.

One firm told the BBC the pandemic had caused staff shortages at its plants.

Social media users have been posting about their experiences as they struggle to find sanitary products.

One Reddit user said they visited eight stores to find tampons with a cardboard applicator, before deciding to buy them online "at a noticeable mark-up".

It comes as the war in Ukraine is making the raw materials used in sanitary products more costly.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-61793198

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. Tampon shortage, baby formula shortage... but plenty of assault weapons!

[Jerry2144]

2. I know, right?

Why couldn’t we have a shortage of guns and bullets instead?

[Faux pas]

3. + 81,056,268

[kskiska]

4. Why do women always seem to get the short end of the stick

when it comes to shortages. It never seems to affect men's products.