New York (CNN Business) Supply chain problems and inflation have hit virtually all consumer goods , but women who menstruate are now facing an added strain as a shortage of period products hits the United States. Top retailers and manufacturers acknowledged the shortages this week, confirming complaints that have been circulating on social media for months. The issue garnered national attention this week after an article in Time called the dearth of tampons and pads the shortage "no one is talking about." "Whoa, I don't even have a uterus," she wrote on Instagram Thursday beneath a screenshot of a headline reading: "Why Amy Schumer is getting blamed for the national tampon shortage." The tampon shortage shares uneasy parallels with the infant formula shortage , primarily in the unhelpful responses offered by men who aren't directly affected by them.

Source: CNN June 11, 2022 02:28 UTC