{"id":57190,"date":"2024-08-24T07:07:34","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T21:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/maintenance.html\/?p=57190"},"modified":"2024-08-24T07:07:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T21:07:34","slug":"disposable-and-cloth-diapers-tested-for-indications-of-pfas-forever-chemicals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=57190","title":{"rendered":"Disposable and Cloth Diapers Tested for Indications of PFAS \u201cForever Chemicals\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 id=\"expanderHead\" data-jsid=\"expanderHead\">Story at-a-glance<\/h3>\n<div id=\"expanderContent\" data-jsid=\"expanderContent\">\n<ul>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_0\">Mamavation tested 65 diapers from 40 brands for PFAS &#8220;forever chemicals&#8221;. 23% of products tested showed indications of PFAS, with organic fluorine levels ranging from 10 to 323 parts per million<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_1\">Both disposable and reusable cloth diapers were found to contain PFAS. 17% of disposable diapers and 30% of reusable cloth diapers\/accessories tested positive for organic fluorine above 10 ppm<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_2\">PFAS chemicals are linked to numerous health issues, including reduced immunity, allergies, developmental problems, and increased cancer risk. Pregnant women and babies are particularly vulnerable to these effects<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_3\">The study found issues with OEKO-TEX certification, as some certified products still contained PFAS. The certification&#8217;s testing methods may not detect all forms of PFAS, including PTFE (Teflon)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_4\">Mamavation recommends looking for diapers that use total chlorine-free (TCF) processing, avoid fragrances and lotions, and for cloth diapers, use natural materials like organic cotton or hemp instead of synthetic waterproofing<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2024\/08\/22\/diaper-pfas.aspx\">https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2024\/08\/22\/diaper-pfas.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story at-a-glance Mamavation tested 65 diapers from 40 brands for PFAS &#8220;forever chemicals&#8221;. 23% of products tested showed indications of PFAS, with organic fluorine levels ranging from 10 to 323 parts per million Both disposable and reusable cloth diapers were found to contain PFAS. 17% of disposable diapers and 30% of reusable cloth diapers\/accessories tested &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=57190\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Disposable and Cloth Diapers Tested for Indications of PFAS \u201cForever Chemicals\u201d&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57190"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57191,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57190\/revisions\/57191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}