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Top Ten Reasons to Switch to Cloth Diapering
- Cloth diapers are cheaper. It is said that a child will either use up to 7,000 disposable diapers, or 40 cotton diapers before they're potty trained. This adds up to $2000 or more in disposable diapers. While the up front costs of cloth diapers may not seem to be worth the investment, cloth diapers are reusable. You can even save them to use on your next child. Therefore the savings are long-term.
- Cloth diapers last longer than disposable diapers because they are reusable. A disposable diaper is used for 2-3 hours before discarded. A cloth diaper lasts for at least 3 years, and even when they're worn out, they can be used for rags before being completely discarded.
- Cloth diapers are made of cotton, a natural material that is better for your baby's skin. Disposable diapers contain all sorts of hideous chemicals that are harmful to both your baby and the environment. One such chemical is dioxin. Dioxin is a very harmful by product of the paper-bleaching process. The EPA lists it as the most toxic of all chemicals that have been linked to cause cancer. Dioxin is banned in many countries, but not in the United States.
- Disposable diapers also contain sodium polyacrylate. It is similar to the chemical used in tampons until the early 1980's, when it was discovered that it increased the risk of toxic shock syndrome (TSS).
- Tributyl-tin (or TBT) can also be found in disposable diapers. TBT is an extremely harmful pollutant that is known to cause hormonal problems in humans and animals alike.
- Babies potty train earlier when using cloth diapers. They can feel the wetness in a cloth diaper, but a disposable diaper absorbs the wetness, making it harder for the child to discern the need to use the potty.
- It takes anywhere from 300-500 years for a disposable diaper to fully decompose in a landfill.
- A full cup of crude oil is needed to produce the plastic needed to create just one disposable diaper.
- Disposable diapers cannot be recycled. A study conducted by Procter and Gamble in 1991 concluded that even attempting it was infeasible.
- While a family's baby is in diapers, disposable diapers account for up to 50% of waste produced by the household.