The CEO of Seventh Generation hosted a show last year on Fine Living Network called “Big Green Lies”. Among the topics this disposable diaper manufacturer discussed was: “Are disposable diapers as crappy as everyone thinks?” The video, hosted by Dr. Allen Greene concluded took a woman through the process of deciding between cloth versus disposable diapers. She toured a diaper service, listened to the diaper service owner explain the waste impact of disposable diapers and then visited with a mother who had chosen disposable diapers. After listening to the two arguments, she was advised by Dr. Green that the two

I have long suspected that something in high fructose corn syrup (and possibly other processed corn products) is somehow linked to neurological issues in children. My son has an undeniable reaction to foods containing processed corn. Because of his sensitivity, we’ve been on a corn-free diet in our house now for two years. This last summer, we experimented and let him try “real’ corn on the cob. We were shocked to find that he can eat unprocessed corn without a reaction! Knowing this led me down another path… perhaps we’re not dealing with corn as a food, but instead we’re

There’s quite a lot of misinformation floating around right now due to a lovely “spin” put on a recent U.K. report about the carbon impact of cloth and disposable diapers. There were two conclusions of this report. The media was fed one conclusion and the second has been virtually ignored. The updated report, entitled “An updated lifecycle assessment study for disposable and reusable nappies” study is an update to another lifecycle assessment released in 2005. An analysis of the initial study by the Real Diaper Association can be found here: http://www.realdiaperassociation.org/pressrelease_uk-diaperstudy.php The study was revised and released