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Why use Cloth?

Health

Your baby's health should be your number one priority.  Here is some information about disposable diapers that might surprise you!

  • Disposable diapers contain traces of the carcinogenic toxin Dioxin (1), a by-product of the bleaching of paper with chlorine
  • The EPA Lists Dioxin as the most toxic of all cancer-linked chemicals (1)
  • Dioxin is banned in most countries, but not in the United States (1)
  • Disposables contain Sodium Polyacrylate, a type of super absorbent polymer (SAP) (2)
  • SAP is the material inside disposable diapers that absorbs urine and turns to gel
  • SAP was banned from tampons due to links to toxic shock syndrome (2)
  • Scrotal temperature is increased in boys wearing disposable diapers which some studies suggest may lead to fertility issues later in life (3)


1 Allsopp, Michelle. Achieving Zero Dioxin: An emergency strategy for dioxin elimination. September 1994. Greenpeace. http://archive.greenpeace.org/toxics/reports/azd/azd.html

2 Armstrong, Liz and Adrienne Scott Whitewash: Exposing the Health and Environmental Dangers of Women's Sanitary Products and Disposable Diapers, What You Can Do About It. 1993. HarperCollins.

3 C-J Partsch, M Aukamp, W G Sippell Scrotal temperature is increased in disposable plastic lined nappies. Division of Paediatric Endocrinology, Department of Paediatrics, Christian-Albrechts- University of Kiel, Schwanenweg 20, D-24105 Kiel, Germany. Arch Dis Child 2000;83:364-368.


 

 

 

 

Environment

We should all be concerned about what condition we leave the Earth in for our children and their children to come.

  • An estimated 27.4 billion disposable diapers are consumed every year in the United States
  • A single disposable diaper may take 250 to 500 years to decompose (1)
  • Over 92% of all single-use disposable diapers end up in a landfill (2)
  • Disposable diaper use contributes to 1 ton of garbage containing untreated human waste per baby to landfills (4)
  • Over 300 lbs of wood, 50 lbs of petroleum feedstock and 20 lbs of chlorine are used to produce disposable diapers for ONE baby EACH year (3)
  • Disposable diapers make up the 3rd largest single consumer item in our waste system – following newspapers and beverage containers (1)
  • In a house with a child in diapers, disposables make up 50% of household waste (1)


1 Link, Ann. Disposable nappies: a case study in waste prevention. April 2003. Women's Environmental Network.

2 Lehrburger, Carl. 1988. Diapers in the Waste Stream: A review of waste management and public policy issues. 1988. Sheffield, MA: self-published.

3 Lehrburger, C., J. Mullen and C.V. Jones. 1991. Diapers: Environmental Impacts and Life cycle Analysis. Philadelphia, PA: Report to The National Association of Diaper Services (NADS).

4 Flug, Rachael; Top Ten Environmental Reasons for Choosing Cloth Diapers; http://diaperaps.com/home/dp1/environment_main.html


 

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