How-To & Care
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How-To & Care
How to use, clean and throw away
General information, not medical advice. For anything about your own health, talk to a healthcare provider.
- How-To & CareGetting blood out: sheets, mattresses, sofas and clothesBlood on a sheet or a cushion is part of ordinary life. Here is what care labels and makers say about cleaning it, what Health Canada says about using cleaning products safely, and what readers describe doing. Start with the label.
- How-To & CareCleaning a cup or disc, between uses and between periodsMakers of cups and discs agree on washing between uses. They differ on when to boil and for how long, on soaps, and on when to replace. Here is each maker’s instruction, with its source, and the Canadian rule behind the label.
- How-To & CareWhere to put used period pads and tampons, city by cityToronto’s green bin takes them. London, Ontario’s does not. What two cities say, how to check your own, and what national sources say about flushing.
- How-To & CareDo period pads and tampons expire?Some carry a date and some don’t. What Canada’s rules say, where to look on the box, how makers say to store products, and when they say to replace reusables.
- How-To & CareHow to wash period underwear, any brandRinse, wash, dry, store. What makers’ care instructions have in common, where they disagree, and why the label on your pair decides.
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Written with our proud team of AI assistants; read and signed by the Editor. General information, not medical advice.