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Cloth Diapers Are Better for Baby
Ahhh, cloth diapers, how do we love thee? Let us count the ways...
And while we're at it, let's also count the ways that disposables are totally gross:
Kids love cloth!
- Super-absorbent disposable diapers contain sodium polyacrylate, which absorbs up to 100 times its weight in water. This is the same substance removed from tampons in 1985 because of the link to toxic shock syndrome.
- A study published in the October, 1999 issue of the Archives of Environmental Health found that the chemical components common in plastic lined disposable diapers can cause asthmatic symptoms.
- In addition, research also shows that excess heat in the groin area of boy babies wearing disposable diapers may have adverse effects on scrotal health and sperm counts.
Much of the above information was found at the website of another fabulous diaper service in the San Francisco area, Tiny Tots Cotton Diaper Service.
For more scary and disgusting information about the dangers of disposables and the pros and cons in the diaper debate, check out these fabulous webpages:
Our diapers are washed at Cornell Laundry in Ithaca, New York. The wash is a long 26 stage cycle using Ecolab detergents and systems. Bleach is used in stage two. Bleach and detergents are rinsed, neutralized, and rinsed again. The final product is a diaper that is clean and ph balanced to match the human body. No chemical residues — safe for baby's skin.
For more information on the health benefits of cloth diapers, visit the National Association of Diaper Services website.
Cloth Diapers Are Better for the Earth
The list of ecological reasons to use and re-use cloth diapers could fill a landfill! In fact, disposable diapers do fill landfills — they are the single most plentiful item in landfills, after newspapers and food containers, much of which could be recycled.
If giant piles of underground trash aren't a scary enough reason to switch to cloth, giant underground piles of raw sewage are. The use and disposal of single-use diapers add 84 million pounds of raw fecal matter to our environment every year, where it remains untreated to contaminate groundwater and spread disease. There is simply no safe way to dispose of disposable diapers.
Many studies have shown that the manufacture alone of disposables uses a tremendous amount of energy and resources, all just so they can be used once and tossed into a landfill.
Check out the Real Diaper Association and "The Joy of Cloth Diapering" on Mothering.
Cloth Diaper Service Is Better for You
Give yourself the gift of time and ease — let us do the washing! Most analyses show that the cost of diaper service is comparable to the cost of disposable diapers, and babies in cloth tend to potty train up to a year earlier! Check out this website for a great pictorial comparison of the costs of different diapering choices.
