Seventh Generation and G Diapers

The Case for Disposable Diapers - Page 3

March 11, 2008 at 11:26AM by Alexandra Zissu | comment

The greener disposable choices (oxymoron alert!) are few and far between.

There's no such thing as a biodegradable diaper when it comes to landfills. There isn't enough air/water/light to make it happen. Both Seventh Generation and the flushable G Diapers contain absorbent gel so I crossed them off my list.

(I have used the 7th G ones on trips when I ran out of my brand-of-choice as they're pretty widely available and to be honest, they're awesome. They work very well and are quite flexible. I have interviewed various very honest people at 7th G over the years about other chemicals - mainly in cleaning products – so do tend to trust them. On their site they call the SAP gel "chemically inert" and claim independent scientific research has shown it is "non-toxic, not carcinogenic, and non-irritating to the skin." Various other reports I've read claim SAP was taken out of tampons due to links to toxic shock syndrome, and still other studies claim SAP has nothing to do with TSS. Diapers, of course, are on the outside, not the inside, of bodies.)