Dioxin: an extremely toxic by - product
paper bleaching process, and a known carcinogen.
According to the Real Diaper Association, disposable diapers contain trace amounts of dioxin, a toxic byproduct of
the paper bleaching process.»
Not exact matches
Disposable diapers contain traces of Dioxin, an extremely toxic by - product of the
paper -
bleaching process.
On Environment Canada's website, they claim that «effluents from the disposable diaper manufacturing
process (plastic, pulp, and
bleached paper) are more damaging than the cotton and hemp growing and manufacturing
process used for cloth diapers.»
This is a chemical by - product of the
paper -
bleaching process.
According to a Mothering Magazine article, entitled «The Joy of Cloth Diapers» «Dioxin, which in various forms has been shown to cause cancer, birth defects, liver damage, and skin diseases, is a by - product of the
paper -
bleaching process used in manufacturing disposable diapers, and trace quantities may exist in the diapers themselves.»
Dioxin, a by - product of the
paper -
bleaching process, has been linked to cancers, birth defects, liver damage and skin diseases.
Safer
processes use oxygen compounds and result in
paper that is «totally chlorine free,» «
process chlorine free» (chlorine free except for recycled fibers that were previously chlorine -
bleached) or «elemental chlorine free,» which substitutes safer chlorine dioxide for chlorine.
From the polyurethane that makes our car seats to the
paper made from
bleached wood pulp, chlorine can be found in a variety of large - scale manufacturing
processes.
The production
process uses neither water nor
bleach, uses only approximately 50 % of pulp printing
paper's energy consumption, and releases half as much CO2 as conventional pulp
paper production.
This is a chemical by - product of the
paper -
bleaching process.
With virgin
paper, look for TCF (totally chlorine free)-- most
paper requires
bleaching, a
process that can produce harmful dioxins and chemicals.
Dioxin is a byproduct of a chlorine
bleaching process used to whiten
paper products, including milk cartons.
We seek to utilize
paper with certified 100 % Post-Consumer-Waste recycled
paper, vegetable - based inks, and chlorine - free
bleaching processes.