Conventionally grown cotton is the most pesticide-intensive sprayed crop on the planet, producing Dioxins and Furans, damaging the health of farmers and their families and contaminating the soil and water on their farmland. To protect the health of women and the environment, Natracare exclusively uses fully certified organic 100% cotton for their tampons, pads and liners.
To cleanse, purify and prepare the raw materials used in their feminine hygiene products Natracare choose to use the environmentally safe process of oxygen bleaching, which is Totally Chlorine Free and does not affect the environment or animal and plant health in any way. Natracare is the only plastic free, totally chlorine free range of feminine hygiene pads and tampons in the world allowing women the freedom to combine performance, convenience and sustainability without compromising their health or that of our environment.
Natracare continues to set the bar for natural and organic standards in feminine hygiene and it is of merit that Natracare is the only feminine hygiene brand in the world to have achieved an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) Reference S-P00135 for their Ultra Pads. This is science based, independently verified and comparable information regarding the environmental performance of a product from cradle to cradle and an acknowledgement of its carbon footprint. In July 2008, Susie Hewson, founder, owner and developer of Natracare, became the recipient of the 2008 Women in Ethical Business Award.