The researchers found lead in all the tampons they tested, and at least one of the tested tampons had 16 different metals. Furthermore, organic tampons don’t really seem much better. Tampons and metalsIn a Harvard survey, almost half of respondents used regular tampons placed within the vagina. So, you’d expect them to be closely monitored for contaminants and heavy metals — but this isn’t the case. “Despite this large potential for public health concern, very little research has been done to measure chemicals in tampons,” said lead author Jenni A. Shearston, a postdoctoral scholar at the UC B…