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Article: Disposability update: the decade of the diaper rash. (includes related article)
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- Nonwovens Industry
- Article date:
- March 1, 1990
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1990 Rodman Publishing. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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No issue has spurred such heated debate and continuing controversy recently than the issue of garbage, the environment and disposing of disposables. As words such as biodegradable, environmentally friendly, throwaway society and those two other words that incite public outcry-landfills and incinerators-become commonplace on the lips of the public, it appears that the 1990's will be the decade of the diaper rash, a rash of complaints from an uninformed public about the horrors of disposable diapers and what they are doing to the world. Granted, many are taking up the gauntlet and attempting, through technology and education, to cure this ailment. But while the symptoms may ...