In the late 1970s and early 1980s, hundreds of women using super-absorbent tampons
containing sodium polyacrylate developed toxic shock syndrome, a potentially fatal disease caused by bacterial infections.
Most single - use diapers contain a chemical
called sodium polyacrylate, which absorbs up to 100 times its weight in water and allows manufacturers to streamline their product.
It turns out that the biggest concern about SAPs in general, and
sodium polyacrylate in particular, is not toxicity, but their environmental friendliness.
The
chemical sodium polyacrylate is found in disposable diapers and can absorb up to 1,000 times its weight, which makes the diaper able to hold so much urine.
When sodium polyacrylate first started showing up in diapers, some people worried that babies could get toxic shock syndrome, too.
According to Real Diaper Association, disposable diapers contain several chemicals — Dioxin, Tributyl - tin (TBT), and
sodium polyacrylate which is the type of super absorbent polymer (SAP).
Specifically, most disposable diapers on the market today use a chemical compound known
as sodium polyacrylate, which is used frequently in gardening, too, to help soil retain water.
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Sodium Polyacrylate Blended With Plant - Based & Plant - Derived Material), Plant - Based PLA (Inner & Outer Layer), Safe Adhesives (In Seams & Joints), Polymer Spandex & Polypropylene (In Leg / Waist System), Ink (Made Without Lead & Heavy Metals In Printed Backsheet), Citrus Extract & Liquid Chlorophyll (Natural Acting Odor Blockers In Absorbent - Core)
The absorbent core A disposable diaper's absorbent center contains wood pulp (usually bleached white with chlorine) and super-absorbent polymers,
usually sodium polyacrylate — a compound that can soak up to 30 times its weight in urine.
And indeed with that
much Sodium Polyacrylate... if the diapers became moist, they just might sink a ship from their weight.
Author and pediatrician Carla Natterson writes in her book, «Worry Proof,» that the crystals you see on your baby's skin after a diaper change may not be
sodium polyacrylate at all, but dehydrated urine residue.
Each one has an outer layer of waterproof polypropylene and an inner layer of fluff made from wood pulp plus
super-slurper sodium polyacrylate that can hold a hundred times its weight in water.
It is interesting to note that studies show employees in factories
manufacturing sodium polyacrylate suffer from female organ problems, slow healing wounds, fatigue and weight loss.
Medicinal Ingredients: Lidocaine Hydrochloride 0.5 % Non-Medicinal Ingredients: Aloe Extract, Benzyl Alcohol, Camphor, Carbomer, Diazolidinyl Urea, Disodium Edetate, Geraniol, Glycereth - 7 Triacetate, Menthol, Minerol Oil, PPG - 1 Trideceth - 6, Propylene Glycol Isoceteth - 3 Acetate, Purified Water,
Sodium Polyacrylate Copolymer, Triethanolamine.
Disposable diapers
contain sodium polyacrylate, a type of super absorbent polymer (SAP), which becomes a gel - like substance when wet.
The World Health Organization expresses concern with the primary ingredients in hydrogels — the acrylic acid and acrylamide, also
called sodium polyacrylate.
The diapers» absorbent core contains... MORE wheat starch, which allows Bambo Nature to use
less sodium polyacrylate (SAP) than traditional disposables.
Health benefits: Disposable diapers contain chemicals like dioxin and
sodium polyacrylate which may cause health problems to both babies and the people who work in the disposable manufacturing industries.
Leading Company: Totally Chlorine - Free (TCF) Wood Pulp (From Sustainably Managed Forests), Absorbent Bio-Core (Wheat Polymer Blended
With Sodium Polyacrylate), Plant - Based PLA (Inner & Outer Layer), Adhesives (In Seams & Joints), Polymer Spandex & Polypropylene (In Leg / Waist System), Ink, Citrus Extract & Liquid Chlorophyll (Natural - Derived Odor Blockers In Bio-Core)
These inserts are made with wood pulp fibers and
sodium polyacrylate.
Only 3 grams of SAP (
Sodium Polyacrylate) gel is used in these soaker pads, as opposed to the 10 - 20 grams you will find in other disposable diaper products.
The main components of most conventional disposable diapers are a polyethylene film, which can be made to look and feel like cloth; a cellulose pad; and
sodium polyacrylate or super-absorbent polymer (SAP).
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sodium polyacrylate, toluene, xylene
It's a chemical compound called
Sodium Polyacrylate.
The main difference is that regular disposable diapers contain water crystals (
sodium polyacrylate) which are meant to absorb liquids (like pee).
Tributyl - tin (TBT) is also found in disposable diapers, an endocrine toxin, and
sodium polyacrylate, the gel - like substance that absorbs wetness and also causes vomiting, staph infections and fever.
Sodium polyacrylate is supposed to stay in the core of the diaper.
Sodium polyacrylate itself is not irritating to the skin.
Sodium polyacrylate: According to various material safety data sheets (documents created by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration that list potential hazards of chemicals in great detail), the sodium polyacrylate in diapers is mild stuff.
People who warn against the dangers of disposable diapers often say that
sodium polyacrylate can cause allergic skin reactions.
However,
sodium polyacrylate is sometimes mixed up with small amounts of acrylic acid, a leftover from the manufacturing process.
A 2008 report in the journal Clinics in Dermatology cited only one case of a possible allergic reaction to
sodium polyacrylate, and that was in an adult using an incontinence pad.
For example, there are disposable diapers that have
Sodium Polyacrylate or SPA.
Phthalates and
sodium polyacrylate, two ingredients in disposable diapers, are increasingly showing concern in recent research.
Sodium Polyacrylate is used by manufacturers to make their diapers extra absorbent but the effect of this chemical can be threatening to a baby's sensitive skin.