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The average baby goes through 6,000 to 8,000 single-use diapers before he's potty-trained. Notice we didn't call them disposable, because there is nothing disposable about them, but, still, every single one of the 18 billion to 23 billion diapers sold annually ends up in a landfill too near you and your family or upwards of 500 years, according to some studies. Five hundred years of leaching.

Now let's talk about this: Most traditional disposable diapers release volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene, cyanide, mercury, methane, hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, lead and dipentene, aka harmful chemicals linked to everything from cancer to respiratory problems to fertility issues later in life (especially for boys). And, please, do not even think of going near the white diapers that are bleached with chlorine and have trace amounts of dioxin, a highly, highly (did we say highly?) carcinogenic chemical.

Ready to get clothy with it? It's easier (and cooler) than ever to wrap up Baby's bum in ever-so stylish and affordable cloth diapers with help from the 20 best cloth diaper sites this side of green-chic parenthood.