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Great! So you're concerned about the environment, aren't you? This is what I've always cared about. More than that I try to buy ozone friendly products and recycle everything that can be recycled though it's a bit difficult in a city. Do you remember: "It's a foolish bird that soils its own nest"? You're quite right we shouldn't be too careles about the place we live in.

Oh, yes, hon, I am concern about the environment, and not long ago I did not understand people, who got away on plastic bags and go shopping with material or paper ones. In the plastic discovered some hormone called phthalates. It makes plastic soft. This hormone affect on the development system and also found in diapers. Is it not sad?

Look what I found on the google.
How do phthalates affect our health?

A: Recently, the National Toxicology Program (NTP) expressed concern over the adverse development of babies born to pregnant women who take in DEHP at the normal levels estimated for an adult. They also expressed concern that male infants and toddlers who substantially exceed adult DEHP intake estimates could suffer problems in their reproductive system development.

DEHP has been classified as a "probable human carcinogen" by the EPA. The Department of Health and Human Services has also classified DEHP as a potential carcinogen. That is to say, DEHP may reasonably be considered a cancer causing substance in humans. Rats and mice fed DEHP and DINP also showed an increase in liver cancers over animals that had not been fed the chemicals.

The offspring of rats separately fed three different phthalates, namely diethyl hexyl-, diisononyl- and butyl benzyl phthalate (DEHP, DINP and BBP, respectively), do not follow normal patterns of sexual development. In the case of DEHP-fed and BBP-fed rats, the weight of the offspring was also reduced. Other studies also report subtle effects of DEHP in the testes of young rats at very low levels.

High doses of diethyl phthalate (DEP) given to female rats have been shown to cause the growth of an extra rib in their offspring. Additionally, female animals exposed to DEP throughout their lives experience an elevated number of stillbirths. According to a 1996 report from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), “No information is available regarding possible effects caused by diethyl phthalate if you breathe, eat, or drink it, or if it touches your skin.” This is a troubling statement given the diversity of products to which DEP is added. Furthermore, it highlights the inadequate regulations for widely used commercial chemicals.

Hey, girls, if you have kid and do not wearing diaper for him, do not be sorry, be glad, you protecting your kid.