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THE MUSEUM OF MENSTRUATION AND WOMEN'S HEALTH
Sea Pearls menstrual sponge (2007), U.S.A.)
(company Web site)
Selections from the company literature
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Sea Pearls sponge and some literature from 2000.
 
This Web site and museum do not endorse this
product, nor do they profit in any way from it (except for the gift of the
sponge and literature). It's simply information for site visitors and part
of history.
Cleaning sponges
Museum board member and menstrual safety
expert Dr. Philip Tierno, Jr. wrote me in October 1999 about cleaning sponges:
Dear Harry,
Yes, indeed, soap and water will not effectively clean the sea sponge.
The odor emanating from the used and washed sponges represent the action
of surviving vaginal bacteria and their degradation of menstrual debris
that survives the wash. The only effective way to sanitize those sponges
is by boiling for about 5 to 10 minutes. This
will kill ALL bacteria there.
Interestingly, looking back in history, women used to boil their menstrual
"rags" to get them clean. This
is an analogous circumstance.
Best regards,
Phil
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The later Sea Pearls (2007) (from the U.S.A.)
menstrual sponge
The contemporary Gynotex (from the Netherlands)
menstrual sponge
Cardboard American sponge can with sponge.
Red can with sponge. Black
can and sponge.
Beautiful (Australian?) sponge can with sponge
lacking a net.
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The contemporary Sea Pearls (from the U.S.A.)
menstrual sponge
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