| The Facts... |
Environmental Hazards of
Single-Use Diapers:
 | 18 billion single-use diapers are thrown in landfills | |
| each year, taking as many as 500 years to decompose! |
| Disposable diapers make up the 3rd largest source | |
| of solid waste in landfills, after newspapers and food and beverage containers--a significant fact, considering they are a single product, used by a limited portion of the population! |
| It takes upwards of 82,000 tons of plastic and 1.3 | |
| million tons of wood pulp, or a quarter-million trees, to manufacture the disposable diapers that cover the bottoms of 90 percent of the babies born in the US! |
Health/Developmental Hazards of
Single-Use Diapers:
| Super-absorbent diapers contain sodium | |
| polyacrylate. This is the same substance that was removed from tampons in 1985 because of its link to toxic shock syndrome! (No studies have been done on the long-term effects of this chemical being in contact with a baby's reproductive organs 24 hours a day for upwards of two years.) |
| "Dry" does not mean "Clean" |
| Dioxin has been discovered in single-use diapers, | |
| which has been shown to cause cancer, liver damage, skin diseases, and birth defects. |
| Studies are now linking single-use diapers to | |
| Asthma, because of their chemical emissions |
| Increased Scrotal Temperature in single-use | |
| diapers may lead to male infertility |
Economic Highlights:
| Whether using cloth or single-use diapers, a baby | |
| should be immediatly changed after it wets or soils a diaper. Therefore, on average a baby should be changed about 70-80 times per week. |
| At 75 diapers per week, the comparison is: |
 | Cloth with Service = $17/week | |
| Single-use diapers = $35/week | |
| Almost a $2,000.00 savings in just 2 years! |
Convenience & Practicality:
| No Pins Necessary! |
| No Rinsing! |
| No Washing |
| Babies wearing cloth diapers are toilet trained at 24- | |
| 30 months on average, while the average age for babies wearing single-use diapers is 36-42 months -- An entire year earlier!!! |
| Diaper Rash is very rare with the use of cloth | |
| diapers! |
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