Links to Articles

There is so much information about cloth nappies, and cloth versus disposables, and it is sometimes hard to know what to believe.  Sometimes research is funded by big businesses with commercial interests, so this may bias how the research is done or what is reported in the results.  Please have a look at some of these articles, and you will be able to decide for yourself.

Nappies and environmental impact

http://www.realdiaperassociation.org/pressrelease_uk-diaperstudy.php

http://www.wen.org.uk/nappies/reports/nappy_briefing.pdf - Women's Environment Network Nappies and the Environment Briefing

http://www.wen.org.uk/general_pages/Newsitems/ms_LCA19.5.05.htm - Media release about flaws in the Environment Agency report showing that disposables and cloth nappies have the same environmental impact

Nappies and baby health

http://adc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/85/3/268d

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/941174.stm

http://adc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/83/4/364?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&author1=Partsch&fulltext=testicular+temperature%3B+testicular+function%3B+spermatogenesis%3B+cryptorchidism%3B&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&resourcetype=HWCIT or use this link http://tinyurl.com/nvx5f

Washing nappies and hygiene

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:fQ67Pws1VlkJ:www.niwascience.co.nz/pubs/an/23/bacteria

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:1_VM3xt7_6AJ:www.niwascience.co.nz/pubs/an/23/sunlight