Why the scales must tip towards safer, better-regulated period products

Join Wen during Environmenstrual Week for a special online discussion that brings together experts in environmental health, product safety, and women’s and female health.

Date: Thursday 22nd October 2026

Time: 12:00pm – 1:15pm

Online: Zoom

Hear about new test results from period products purchased in the United Kingdom as part of a wider global research project, and why we need urgent regulations for all period products.

Our speakers:

Dr Kathrin Schilling - Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University and Director of the Multi-Element Trace Analysis Laboratory (METALab) 

Dr Elisabeth Mertl - Expert in period product and medical device testing at the Austrian Research Institute for Chemistry and Technology (OFI)

Helen Lynn - Senior Consultant and Research Fellow and Environmenstrual Campaign Manager at Wen

Hear the evidence. Ask questions. Be part of the conversation about what happens next.

Thanks to our funders - The Savitri Trust, The Lund Trust, The Elgol Fund for Nature.