# Is it legal to mail a used tampon?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-to-mail-a-used-tampon/141020>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 6, 2002, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-to-mail-a-used-tampon/141020 "2002-12-06T21:15:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-to-mail-a-used-tampon/141020/21 "2002-12-09T17:10:03Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Thomas2500 \*  
> \*\*I recently had an employment-related drug test, and the urine and blood sample was sent to the lab via Fedral Express. \*\*

It’s not that you _can’t_ ship medical waste/substances. It happens all the time. You had just better be VERY careful in its packaging and labelling to ensure you comply with the law.

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**Author:** ![iammolly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/47e85d/32.png) [@iammolly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iammolly)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-to-mail-a-used-tampon/141020/22 "2011-10-24T01:45:19Z")

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> [@Monopoly\_Money](#):
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> 😕 A few years ago, there was an exhibit at the Vancouver Art Gallery of used tampons, under glass :eek: , from women all over the world, submitted by a Asian male artist who challenged the cultural taboo surrounding menstruation. I believe the ‘artifacts’ had been sent via post.

I also remember this exhibit, at the University of Oregon Museum of Art in Eugene, Oregon. I have looked all over the internet for years trying to find something about it, and this one little blip about it by Monopoly Money is the ONLY thing to be found. There were tons and tons of tampons and pads from around the world - USED :eek: - and both my mom and I were mortified. Where can I find SOME sort of reference that this even existed?

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**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-to-mail-a-used-tampon/141020/23 "2011-10-24T08:20:13Z")

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I don’t think zombies use tampons.

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