So, uh, with the whole TamponGate 2024, I got really curious at what lead poisoning symptoms are and what arsenic poisoning symptoms are! So let's dive in, shall we? And I'm gonna check off as we go of all the ones I've experienced!
High blood pressure? Check! Joint and muscle pain? Check! Difficulties with memory or concentration? Check!
Now these first three? I was diagnosed with high blood pressure at 19 years old! Not half the size I am now!
[note: Polissa looked like this at 19

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I was told then, "you have high blood pressure due to allergies!"
At 25, I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, the joint and muscle pain! Fibromyalgia is a catch-all diagnosis! We all know it! They have a new test for fibromyalgia out that's for uh, Substance P [?], 'cause apparently we lack it! Gonna go into a deep dive on that much later on! Might have to make another video!
Difficulties with memory or concentration! Now, I've been told I was ADHD! Diagnosed at age 25! I've always had problems with memory and concentration!
Headache? Check! Headaches since I was a kid! Abdominal pain? Check! Consistent, constant, didn't start until my twenties! Mood disorders--oh, lord! I've never been diagnosed with a mood disorder! Lightning- let me move before lightning strikes me! Um, and miscarriage, stillbirth, or premature birth in pregnant women? Miscarriage!
Well! That was every single one of those! Let's check the arsenic poisoning!
The immediate symptoms of acute arsenic poisoning include vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea! How many ladies out there on a monthly basis are throwing up with your cycle? That ain't normal! Um, these are followed by numbness and tingling of the extremities,
muscle cramping?! Gee! And in extreme cases, death!
The first symptoms of long term exposure to high levels of inorganic arsenic, for example, through drinking water or food or YOUR TAMPONS, are usually observed in the skin, including pigmentation changes, skin lesions, and hard patches on the palms and soles of the feet known as hyperkeratosis! Ladies, do you have to get those pedicures every couple weeks 'cause that thick skin on the bottom of your feet keeps coming back and it's just thick and gross? Yeah! Might wanna have yourself checked for arsenic poisoning!
*exasperated sigh* This occurs after a minimum of five years of exposure to arsenic at a consistent basis! And it may be a precursor to skin cancer!
Other adverse effects of arsenic are dev-- developmental effects, diabetes, pulmonary disease, and cardiovascular disease! Arsenic induced myocardial infarctions in particular can be a significant cause of excess mortality!
Arsenic is also associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes and infant mortality, with impacts on child health, and exposure in utero and in early childhood has been linked to mortality in young adults due to multiple cancers, lung disease, heart disease, kidney failures! Numerous studies have demonstrated negative impacts of arsenic exposure on cognitive development, intelligence, and memory!
I don't know about you ladies, but if you checked out the significant number of any of those symptoms, it might be a time that we all start demanding our doctors to do high levels of lead and arsenic testing on us! Yeah, I have a doctor's appointment this week and I will be talking to my doctor about it!
And I'm not shutting up! This has gone on for far too long! The United States government has allowed this to go on for far too long! Keep sending me those lawyers! Keep sending me those politicians willing to fight! Because they stole half of my life! They stole my fertility! They stole my ability to have babies! And they have made me violently sick! I'm not giving up without a fight!
So ladies, keep sharing! And keep sending me your lawyers!