{"id":28052,"date":"2026-03-08T11:23:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T09:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=28052"},"modified":"2026-03-08T11:23:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T09:23:45","slug":"chemicals-found-in-some-sanitary-pads-not-new-sa-minister","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/chemicals-found-in-some-sanitary-pads-not-new-sa-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemicals found in some sanitary pads not new: SA Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s (SA) Health Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi says chemicals that may affect hormones have been found in some sanitary pads and pantyliners, but this is not a new issue.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Motsoaledi was explaining the findings of a study released last month by the Department of Chemistry at the University of the Free State.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He said the risk to women\u2019s health is very small if the chemicals remain within allowed safety limits.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Motsoaledi added that these types of chemicals, known as endocrine-disrupting chemicals, are also found in many everyday places.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He referred to research from China, which showed that about 40% of these chemicals come from food. Smaller amounts can also be found in dust, home cleaning products and other personal care items.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":24082,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-28052","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Health Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi says chemicals that may affect hormones have been found in some sanitary pads and pantyliners, but this is not a new issue","published_date":"2026-03-08 11:06:17","news_description":"Health Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi says chemicals that may affect hormones have been found in some sanitary pads and pantyliners, but this is not a new issue","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28054,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28052\/revisions\/28054"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=28052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}