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[quote=Anonymous]OP -- I totally understand the temptation to be overly nervous about this stuff.  The amount of chemicals in baby gear in infuriating and frustrating.  I had to take a lot of environmental health in grad school and to keep myself from going crazy, this is what I tell myself:

1) The studies I read suggest that the most detrimental effects of exposure to flame retardants are pre-natal exposure -- so by working in an office with carpet that was likely treated with flame retardants and sleeping on a non-organic mattress myself, my children were already screwed.  So I might as well relax a bit and remind myself that I can't control everything.  That said, I still bought them organic mattresses (but not "organic" cribs -- not ask me to explain my logic, I can't;)

2) Will my children eventually get cancer due in part to their exposure to carcinogens from childhood?  Probably.  Will they likely not develop cancer until they are in their seventies or older?  Probably.

3) If you are concerned about diapers, I'd go with organic over seventh generation.  My understanding is that the scary stuff in diapers is the stuff that absorbs the pee -- not the chlorine.  I used cloth until my kids started solids and the poops became too gross and I didn't want to deal anymore.

If it makes you feel better, once you have your second kid (if you have #2) you won't have time to worry about any of this!!![/quote]

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