President Joe Biden has posted on social media that he believes it's in the best interest of the country to drop out, endorsing his Vice President Kamala Harris as his replacement.

And

In case you missed it, new research has found traces of toxic metals present in tampons from a range of brands.

Before we sound the alarm and boycott tampons completely, we're turning to an expert to find out just how worried we should actually be.

Spoiler alert: less than you think.

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