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Posted On: October 13th 2026, 03:52 pm
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20 brands almost every woman has bought, scanned on Absorbed. not one came back above 4 out of 10 👀

1. pepsi, 2/10

2. doritos, 3/10

3. tampax, 4/10

4. lay’s, 4/10

5. johnson’s, 3/10

6. red bull, 2/10

7. ziploc, 4/10

8. l’oréal preference, 2/10

9. dr pepper, 2/10

10. pringles, 3/10

11. coffee mate, 3/10

12. yankee candle, 3/10

13. frosted flakes, 3/10

14. monster, 2/10

15. under armour, 4/10

16. pop-tarts, 2/10

17. garnier nutrisse, 2/10

18. air wick, 2/10

19. t-fal, 2/10

20. dark and lovely, 2/10

here is what all twenty have in common.

none of them is a scandal. this is the ordinary shelf, a different twenty, and the same few things keep turning up.

sugar in the soda, the energy drink and the cereal bowl. corn syrup solids and oil in the creamer. acrylamide, which forms when starch is cooked hot, in the chips and the toaster pastries.

plastic against warm, fatty food, and a non-stick coating from the pfas family. permanent dye chemicals on the scalp. fragrance, burned in a candle or plugged into the wall.

four are in the legal record. tampax was named in a lawsuit filed on 5 june 2026. johnson and johnson agreed in july to pay 5.5 billion dollars over its talc.

under armour was named in a bpa notice that has since settled. dark and lovely is named in the federal hair relaxer lawsuits. a filed case is an allegation. a settlement is not an admission.

you do not have to throw everything out. start with what you use every day.

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