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frankm@resonex.com (Frank Muennemann) writes:

>In article <37536@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> tcritchl@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Tod Critchlow) writes:
>>                      ... we are trying to make
>>the diaper decision...
>>	From the things I have read
>>it seems like there really isn't any consensus.
>>Although most of the information that is pro-disposable 
>>comes from the diaper companies...

>There IS a consensus: Paper diapers ARE a major component of
>landfill bulk.  If you kid has gastrointestinal infections,
>the microbes wind up being stored in/near the landfill.
>They are NOT environmentally sound.  If you care about the 
>environment, call your local diaper service and ask them for 
>their literature.
Perhaps not a perfectly unbiased source, either.

My understanding is that the answer to the "diaper question" is
"it depends."  In a place like New York, where the water supply
is plentiful (for the time being, anyway) and landfill space is
limited, cloth diapers have a clear advantage.  In drought-ridden
smoggy Los Angelese, the method that consumes considerable
water and appreciable amounts of fossil fuels loses.  

I am sorry I don't have more facts at my fingertips; however, I vaguely
recall this being discussed in Science about 6 months ago.

>The disposable makers say you should remove the liner from the
>plastic cover and flush it so that human waste doesn't enter
>the landfill and spread disease: I've NEVER heard of ANYONE
>doing that!

So other people are lazy -  is that any reason to indict Frank Muennemann?
After all, I know peole who *do* dispose of their childrens disposable
diapers correctly.

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