Why Choose Cloth Diapers?
Health:
Disposable diapers contain traces of the carcinogenic toxin, Dioxin
The EPA lists Dioxin as the most toxic of all cancer-linked chemicals.
Dioxin is banned in most countries, but not the U.S.
Disposables contain sodium polyacrylate, a type of super absorbent polymer (SAP).
SAP was banned from tampons due to toxic shock syndrome.
In 1955, before modern disposable diapers were sold and consumed, it was estimated that 7% of babies and toddlers had diaper rash. In 1991, long after plastic disposable diapers dominated the market, the number jumped to 78%.
Environment:
· An estimated 27.4 billion disposable diapers are consumed every in the U.S.
· A single disposable diaper may take 250-500 years to decompose.
· Over 92% of all single-use disposable diapers end up in a landfill.
Cost:
· Americans spend about 7 billion dollars on disposable diapers every year.
· The cost of cloth diapering is about one-tenth the cost of buying disposables.
· If every one of those families switched to simple home-laundered cloth diapers, they would save more than 6 billion dollars, enough to feed about 2.5 million American children for an entire year.
Health:
Disposable diapers contain traces of the carcinogenic toxin, Dioxin
The EPA lists Dioxin as the most toxic of all cancer-linked chemicals.
Dioxin is banned in most countries, but not the U.S.
Disposables contain sodium polyacrylate, a type of super absorbent polymer (SAP).
SAP was banned from tampons due to toxic shock syndrome.
In 1955, before modern disposable diapers were sold and consumed, it was estimated that 7% of babies and toddlers had diaper rash. In 1991, long after plastic disposable diapers dominated the market, the number jumped to 78%.
Environment:
· An estimated 27.4 billion disposable diapers are consumed every in the U.S.
· A single disposable diaper may take 250-500 years to decompose.
· Over 92% of all single-use disposable diapers end up in a landfill.
Cost:
· Americans spend about 7 billion dollars on disposable diapers every year.
· The cost of cloth diapering is about one-tenth the cost of buying disposables.
· If every one of those families switched to simple home-laundered cloth diapers, they would save more than 6 billion dollars, enough to feed about 2.5 million American children for an entire year.
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