It takes two times as much water and three times as much energy to produce and dispose of disposable diapers than it does to produce, wash and dispose of cloth diapers. Disposables also generate sixty times more solid waste than cotton diapers and use twenty times as much raw materials. One billion trees per year are destroyed to make disposable diapers---approximately 4.5 for each baby who uses them.

It is estimated that it takes between 200-500 years for a disposable diaper to decompose. Approximately 18 billion disposables are thrown away per year in the U.S. alone making them the third largest single consumer item in landfills representing 30% of non-biodegradable waste.

It is illegal in most states to dump human waste in landfills - a law that is not enforced when it comes to diapers. The waste could infest the water leaching out of the dump with bacteria and viruses (polio, hepatitis, dysentery) that are passed through the feces after a child has been vaccinated.

Disposable diapers contain traces of Dioxin, an extremely toxic by-product of the paper-bleaching process. It is a carcinogenic chemical, listed by the EPA as the most toxic of all cancer-linked chemicals. It is banned in most countries, but not the U.S.

Disposable diapers contain Tributyl-tin (TBT) - a toxic pollutant known to cause hormonal problems in humans and animals and is particularly toxic to marine animals.

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