Why Choose Cloth Diapers?
Reasons to Use Cloth Diapers
1. Your baby's well being.
Disposable diapers are made of paper bleached with chlorine, plastic made from petroleum, and super-absorbent polymer gel. It contains many toxic chemicals that have been linked to cause cancer, birth defects, liver damage, skin diseases, and genetic damage. Using chlorine to bleach paper releases dioxins, which are one of the most potent cancer-causing chemicals out there. Dioxin exposure can also cause reproductive problems - and disposable diapers put dioxins right next to your baby's reproductive organs. Those little gel beads that absorb the liquid can actually cause asthma and airway restriction. They often escape from the diaper and end up on your baby's skin, and they're really hard to wipe off. Only 7% of babies using cloth diapers experience diaper rash as opposed to 60% using disposables... See more
Why use cloth pads?
Environment
The average woman will throw away more than 10,000 disposable menstrual products in her lifetime. This waste adds to overflowing landfill dumps and clogs sewer ways. The earth can not withstand this garbage indefinitely. Cloth pads are better for the environment than disposables, as reusing helps to ease the burden and make our world cleaner. Using cloth pads makes a difference and they feel good too!... See more
Baby Diapering: Consider the Cost Savings of Cloth vs. Disposable
by Aaron Turpen, citizen journalistAny parent with an eco-conscious mind has already considered the benefits of cloth diapers over disposables for the environment. What about those who aren`t swayed by these arguments and are convinced that they really need the convenience of disposables over the "hassle" of cloth? Well, economics might change their mind... See more
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(NaturalNews) Are you aware that everything you put ON your children is as important to their health as what you feed them? This series of articles will discuss the three major things you put on your baby: diapers, clothing, and skin and bath products. Each of these items is capable of delivering a toxic chemical cocktail to your baby. The skin is the largest organ of the body and absorbs almost anything placed on it. When you add moisture, chemicals from petroleum and other volatile (reactive) compounds, the absorption is greatly increased and the damage multiplies. Infants and children are at much greater risk from exposure to these toxins because their brain and organs are still developing... See more
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Study: Disposable Diapers Could Cause Male Infertility
- By Anthony Browne
- London Observer Service
- September 26, 2000
Disposable diapers could be the cause of the sharp rise in male infertility over the past 25 years, according to an authoritative scientific study to be published this week. It is thought that disposable diapers heat up baby boys' testicles to such a degree that it stops them developing normally. Diapers lined with plastic raise the temperature of the scrotum far above body temperature and can lead to a total breakdown of normal cooling mechanisms, according to the study published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood... See more
New Tests Confirm TBT Poison in Proctor & Gamble Pampers
- Greenpeace Demands Worldwide Ban of Organotins in All Products
- May 15, 2000
HAMBURG -- New tests carried out by Greenpeace found the hormone pollutant TBT (tributyl tin) in "Pampers® Baby Dry Mini" babies' nappies sold in Germany by the company Procter & Gamble. Last Friday, Greenpeace uncovered that TBT and other organotin compounds were found in Procter & Gamble's Pampers® "Baby Dry", in the Paul Hartmann company's "Fixies Ultra Dry", and in LedysanSpa's "United Colours of Benetton® Junior unisex". All tests were proven by scientific analyses made on Greenpeace's behalf... See more
Chemicals In Diapers Cited As Possible Asthma Trigger
- Penny Stern, MD
- October 6, 1999
NEW YORK, Oct 06 (Reuters Health) -- Childhood respiratory problems, including asthma, may be linked to inhaling the mixture of chemicals emitted from disposable diapers, researchers write in the September/October issue of Archives of Environmental Health... See more
Disposable Diapers Linked to Asthma
- January/February 2000
Harsh perfumes and chemical emissions have long been known to induce asthma-like symptoms in children and adults. Now, researchers have found that disposable diapers might be a trigger for asthma.
A study published in the October, 1999 issue of the Archives of Environmental Health found that laboratory mice exposed to various brands of disposable diapers suffered increased eye, nose, and throat irritation, including bronchoconstriction similar to that of an asthma attack. Six leading cotton and disposable diaper brands were tested; cloth diapers were not found to cause respiratory problems among the lab mice.... See more
