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EarthTalk: On Choosing Greener Diapers.

Dear EarthTalk: My husband and I are expecting a child and we’re concerned about the environmental impacts of disposable diapers. I remember the old cloth diapers with pins that my mom used. Are there any new developments in the cloth diapering field?
A growing number of green-minded parents are starting to recognize the health and ecological [...]

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90% of U.S. Infant Formula May Be Contaminated with Melamine; FDA Declares Chemical Safe For Babies.

Up to 90 percent of the infant formula sold in the United States may be contaminated with trace amounts of melamine, the toxic chemical linked to kidney damage, according to recent tests. The FDA’s test results, which the agency hid from the public and only released after the Associated Press filed a Freedom of Information [...]