PAMPERS DAN MENSTRUAL PAD Tanpa Superabsorbent polymer (SAP)

Normabaru · Post time 16-3-2022 10:40 AM

Hi semua

Recently terbaca article pasal SAP and how it can affects our health in long run..benda sama digunakan dlm pampers org dewasa mahupun babies which high chances / probably main cause of nappy rashes etc

Link article below

https://www.elsevier.com/connect/making-womens-sanitary-products-safer-and-cheaper

Gist of article as follows:

About half of the people in the world deal with menstrual hygiene for as long as 30 years of their lives. The use of disposable feminine sanitary napkins has been key to managing menstrual health for decades; an estimated 20 billion sanitary napkins, tampons and applicators are sent to landfill every year in the US alone.

This is part of the problem: they are not biodegradable. In commercial sanitary napkins, superabsorbent polymers (SAP) are added to the absorbent core, which is usually made of cotton, in order to improve absorption capacity. SAPs are desirable for use in sanitary products and diapers as they can absorb many times their own weight in liquid; the average diaper can absorb 30 times its own weight in bodily fluids. But SAPs are petroleum-based materials so they do not degrade readily in landfill – it can take 500 years for a diaper to degrade.

SAPs are also thought to have certain adverse effects on the user’s health. Prolonged contact has been linked to skin reactions such as rashes and even toxic shock syndrome – SAPs were banned from use in tampons in the 1980s for this reason.

SO SAJA BUKA TOPIK NI UNTUK DISCUSSION..BESIDES LAMPIN KAIN DAN PAD KAIN(OF COURSE)
KOT2 ADA LADIES OR PARENT OUT THERE TAHU PRPDUCT YANG BAGUS / PRODUCT PATUT AVOID DARI LONG TERM USAGE..BOLEH SHARE IDEA AND SUGGESTIONS..

Thanks in advance