Chemical Products and Baby Health

Disposable nappies contain many types of chemicals to make them fluffy, white and super-absorbent.  ^{11, 1}

There are no production standards or any government control to say what is safe to have in disposable nappies. 

Therefore little is actually known about the chemicals which sit against your baby's skin for 2.5 years. ^1,4

Polyacrylate crystals, are super-absorbent crystals.  These crystals were deemed unsafe and removed from tampons in 1985 due to a link with toxic shock syndrome.  Tributyl tin (TBT) is known to disrupt sex hormones and both of these chemicals are used in many disposable nappy brands. 

Studies have also suggested that the slightly higher temperature inside disposable nappies compared with cloth, may be contributing to a decline in male fertility.¹⁴

Other studies have suggested that chemicals in disposable nappies can cause breathing problems such as asthma

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