I conducted two waste assessments at convalescent homes. Both facilities
use cloth diapers and pads for economic reasons. One facility estimated
they went through about 450 adult diapers per day. If CRRA needs data on
costs, I can give them contacts at these facilities.
Terry S. Brennan
Integrated Waste Management Specialist
California Integrated Waste Management Board
(916) 255-3291
tbrennan@ciwmb.ca.gov
http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov
-----Original Message-----
From: Heide Feldman [mailto:hfeldman@mrwmd.org]
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 9:45 AM
To: multiple recipients of
Subject: [GRRN] disposable diapers and fertility problems
I happened to see an article in USA Today, I believe, yesterday (just
happened to pick it up at the airport) which summarized a study showing that
wearing disposable diapers may lead to infertility and testicular cancer in
boys and later men, due to the higher temperatures from the plastic. To
establish the greater temperature generated by the plastic diapers, they
used micro-thermometers on the babies. Sorry I can't provide more detail,
but hopefully you can still find the story.
Another related item: the California Resource Recovery Association is
planning to push for a change in Medicare funding that favors disposable
over cloth diapers for adults. Medicare will pay for disposables but not
cloth.
Heidi Feldman
Public Education Coordinator
Monterey Regional Waste Management District
Tel.: 831/384-5313 FAX: 831/384-3567
When we tug at a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of
the world.
John Muir
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