Article: Garbage heresy. (environmental magazine 'Garbage' attacked by readers for its defense of disposable diapers) (Editorial)

THE GREENIE magazine Garbage is in deep doo-doo with many readers for defending disposable diapers. A recent issue pointed out that washing the cloth variety makes similar demands on energy resources and releases chemicals into the environment just like the manufacture of the disposable paper type. Hardly a shattering revelation, perhaps, but it provoked letters like this:

"Please cancel my subscription and refund my money in full. I read enough of this c--- elsewhere."

"Garbage has become an apologist for the disposables industry. Procter & Gamble is pursuing shameless tactics to make the world safe for disposable diapers. Luckily New York was not ...

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