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a spirited research by two Kabarak University students shows that the banana trunk can be used to make sanitary pads. Their noble cause has stemmed from the trying time young girls endure during ...

In parts of India, huge numbers of women don’t have access to sanitary napkins ... So they created pads made from banana fibers that they say are 100% biodegradable. This also helps the local ...