Posted by Dianne on December 31, 2002 at 18:34:59:
In California, it has become illegal to feed the leaves, stems, and short fibers of cotton known as ‘gin trash’ to livestock, because of the concentrated levels of pesticide residue. Instead, this gin trash is used to make furniture, mattresses, swabs, cotton balls and tampons. The average American woman will use 11,000 tampons or sanitary pads during her lifetime.