Health Risks with Disposable Diapers
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Health Risks: Your baby's health and comfort are big priorities. Did you know that disposable diapers contain chemicals that are known to be hazardous?
Sodium Polyacrylate (the super-absorbent crystals that turn into a gel) is reported to cause severe skin irritations, allergic reactions, oozing blood from baby's privates, fever, vomiting and staph infections in babies. Children have died from ingesting as little as 5 grams of it. Sodium Polyacrylate was banned from tampons in 1985 because of its link to Toxic Shock Syndrome. If you find shiny crystals on your baby's bottom that's Sodium Polyacrylate.
Dioxin is a chemical bi-product of the paper-bleaching process for disposable diapers. This chemical, found in trace amounts in all bleached disposables, is a known carcinogenic. In fact, EPA lists it as the MOST TOXIC of all cancer-linked chemicals. Dioxin is banned in most developed countries, but not the United States.
Tributyl-tin (TBT), another chemical found in disposables, is a toxic pollutant known to cause hormonal problems in humans and animals, even in the smallest concentrations. It is spread through the skin, which makes it particularly inappropriate for use in a diaper. May cause male sterility.
Not only are these chemicals a threat to your child, they also destroy the health of those who work in disposable diaper factories and poison the earth through the waste waters released from such factories.
Chemicals aren't the only concern. In May 2000, the Archives of Disease in Childhood published research showing that scrotal temperature is increased in boys wearing disposable diapers, and that prolonged use of disposable diapers is likely to cause sterility in some boys.
For more details on health risks, including numerous citations to supporting studies see The Diaper Drama at DiaperPin.com and Diaper Facts at the Real Diaper Association.
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