CellWell record HH-32588
Volatile Organic Compounds in Disposable Diapers and Baby Wipes in the US: A Survey of Products and Health Risks
Nan Lin; Ning Ding; Emily Meza-Wilson; Amila Manuradha Devasurendra; Christopher Godwin; Sung Kyun Park; Stuart Batterman
2023
In plain language
Testing 31 US disposable diapers and wipes found volatile organic compounds in all of them, with some adult diapers posing very high noncancer risk from n-heptane and some baby diapers containing carcinogens like benzene.
- Evidence
- Emerging
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