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Why Choose Cloth Diapers?
Cost:
Your baby will use from 6,000 - 9,000 diapers in the first 3 years of life.
•Disposables with cost you more than $65 dollars per month, $1,600 by the time your baby is two or $2,340 by the age of three.
•A Diaper Service will cost you approximately the same amount as disposables but you will be saving the environment and limiting your baby's exposure to carcinogens in disposable diapers.
•Cloth Diapers & Covers can cost you from $300 dollars to $1,000 till your baby is potty trained.
Environmental Impact:
•27.4 Billion disposable diapers are consumed every year in the U.S.
•A disposable diaper can take 250-500 years to decompose.
•More than 300 lbs of wood & 50 lbs of petroleum are used to produce disposable diapers for ONE baby for One year!
•Disposable diapers perpetuate their continued consumption, causing more stress on our natural resources.
Health Advantages:
•Disposables contain Dioxin, Sodium polyacrylate (super absorbent polymer, SAP) and Tributyl-tin (TBT).
•Dioxin is listed by the EPA as the MOST toxic of all cancer-linked chemicals.
•Dioxin is banned in most countries, but NOT the U.S.
•In small quantities Dioxin causes birth defects, immune system suppression and skin & liver diseases.
•SAP was banned from tampons due it's links to toxic shock syndrome.
•This chemical can cause skin irritations/rashes and severe allergic reactions including vomiting, staph infections and fever.
•TBT is a toxic pollutant known to cause hormonal problems in humans and animals.
Choose Cloth Diapers! Save your baby and your earth.
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