Period and pee protection is an undeniable in pretty much every woman's life - and depending on whether it's cycle time or cycling time, (or just laughing at everyone doing a cycle time of any kind), most women need some kind of protection most days.Whether Plastic Free July has you thinking about what you can change to help the planet or you are focused on your own health, there's a few things to know about conventional sanitary pads. FIRST UP, ONE CONVENTIONAL SANITARY PAD CONTAINS THE EQUIVALENT OF ABOUT FOUR PLASTIC BAGS. CONVENTIONAL TAMPONS AND PADS CAN ALSO CONTAIN DIOXINS, SYNTHETIC FIBERS AND PETROCHEMICAL ADDITIVES. YEP, BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT ALL THOSE PASSENGERS IN YOUR UNDIES. But just as tech bought us plastics, we now have period, perspiration & pee undies from companies like Modibodi. The new tech in period pants (which is evolving periodically), means there's a pair for every period in your life - including the sneezing period, which affects 37% of Aussie women. Modibodi has been around and constantly evolving since 2011, so if you are the kind of person who likes to wait till something that sounds insane is proven up by someone else, believe me, there are now thousands of testers who've tried, ahead of you. (Who would have plenty to say if the product didn't work.)How do you use period & pee undies? Simple really. You wear them. Wash them. Wear them again. There are some quick tips on this article or head over to Modibodi website where there is a heap of information about both the tech and what might work best for you.Switching from pads is a big win for the planet and a big win for you - reducing the amount of chemicals leaching from pads through your skin and into your body. Putting chemicals on your skin can actually be worse than eating them. When you eat something, the enzymes in your saliva and stomach help to break it down and flush it out of your body. But chemicals in contact with your skin are absorbed straight into your bloodstream without filtering of any kind, going directly to your organs. And once these chemicals find their way into your body, they tend to accumulate over time because we typically lack the necessary enzymes to break them down. I don't know about you, but I'm up for saving my chemical additives for the things I care about. Like coffee and wine.I know this all sounds like one big ad for Modibodi and it is really, but please know that we aren't paid to promote any particular brands - we choose to promote what's good and right here, in this context, Modibodi just makes good sense.