I’d like to post this Earth Day about our environmental impacts of our birth control choices. First off, hormonal birth control whether the pill, patch or shot cause millions of women to literally pee out synthetic estrogens into our water sheds. This impacts fish and other wildlife and causes fertility issues. Progestin only pills, a.k.a the mini pill do not contain estrogen and have no effects on fertility of wildlife.
As for barrier methods, latex condoms end up all too often in those same water sheds. The same issues associated with plastics are associated with latex, even if they end up in the landfill. They do not break down and last for years, due to additives and lubricants. Lambskin condoms are biodegradable but don’t prevent STDs. There is a high quality, biodegradable vegan friendly latex condoms called Condomi.
Its important to keep our effects on the Earth in mind in even our everyday small actions.
I really worry about wildlife and i know it´s important but how do you pretend people stop using condoms to protec the earth, with all the sexual diseases they could get, if a teenager reads this could take it literally and thing that he should stop using condoms to protect the wildlife!!!
By: kate on April 23, 2009
at 6:39 pm
If you read my whole post you see I offer alternative biodegradable latex condoms which are not made from animal part to boot. Please read my whole post before making comments. I do not advocate not using condoms only that we think about each of our actions and whether there are ecological alternatives.
By: sahmama12 on April 24, 2009
at 12:44 pm