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[shmi85.livejournal.com]

okay, i've been looking for stores in my area that would stock brands of tampons like natracare . . . i'm getting nothing. It's more like I don't know what type of store to search for in the yellow pages. Searching for 'health stores' gets me places like G.N.C. or health food places . . . I imagine i could call all of them and ask, but that seems like an excessive number of phone calls. What type of places do you guys find organic/natural/non-synthetic tampons at?

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[little-one-meg.livejournal.com]

Have you tried looking for websites for the manufacturers? They may list their retailers. You may also want to look under organic food, organic groceries, or food co-ops.

[macabre-grrl.livejournal.com]

It's all about Whole Foods Market (http://wholefoodsmarket.com/), Wild Oats (http://www.wildoats.com/app/cda/oat_cda.php?pt=Home), or Wild Harvest (http://www.wild-harvest.com/).

Hope that helps. Is there a really liberal/hippie type town near you? Sometimes there is an indie co-op type place that will sell them. I live near Boston and alternately Amherst/Northampton, MA where such products are easy to find.

Good luck!

[cloverpixie.livejournal.com]

A local health food gourmet/health food store near me called Bonterra's Market (Egg Harbor Township, NJ) has some organic-looking tampons and pads; never checked the names of them. I'd say any health food store that carries vegan/organic beauty products (like shampoos, hairdye, cosmetics and lotions) has a pretty high chance of carrying feminine products as well. First call the local stores that carry those things and ask, then if you have to, call the sketchy, not-well-known places?

[krasota.livejournal.com]

Where do you live? You've had suggestions that are all excellent. Trader Joe's (and they do have a website, but i'm on my way out the door) also carries organic (or at least unbleached tampons).

[killerbunny.livejournal.com]

GNC sucks, you should be looking more for local, organic, health-food, hippie-type grocery stores. Nature's Market, Wild Oats, Trader Joe's, Whole Food, Fresh Fields, those kinds of places.