UNITED
NATIONS – China’s war on women features forced abortions, the murder of
female infants and now a new outrage: radioactive sanitary napkins.
A shipment of more than half a ton of radioactive sanitary napkins made
in China was seized at the Beirut airport Friday, the Daily Star
reports.
Lebanon Finance Minister Ali Hasan Khalil says the suspect feminine
hygiene products emitted a level of radioactivity 35 times higher than
is considered safe.
The maxi pads were manufactured by Anion, a Chinese company that claims
the radiation is a feature, not a bug. The company’s website refers to
the radiation as “air vitamins” that provide “significantly [sic]
benefit to human health and daily routine,” the Daily Mail reports.
The Star reported the shipment involved 554 kilograms, or more than
1,200 pounds of products, in about 30 crates.
The Mail explained that Anion claims on its website its product “emits
intensive anion stream beneficial to human health in amount up to 5800
for cm2.”
The newspaper elaborated that “ionization happens when atoms are given
high-energy ionizing radiation, electrical voltage or high temperature.
Atomic nuclei that have been completely ionized are called charged
particles and are also radioactive.”
“Poorly Made in China” by Paul Midler has been called “a dramatic romp
through China’s export manufacturing sector, one that reveals what
really goes on behind the scenes.”
Last month, Lebanon authorities seized a shipment of mobile phone
covers that were radioactive.
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