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Global nappy shortage fears
after factory explosion
Telegraph [UK], by Julian Ryall
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Posted By:Attercliffe, 9/30/2012 11:03:35 AM
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| The world could face a shortage of disposable nappies* after an explosion and fire at a chemical plant in Japan responsible for as much as one fifth of the global market. The blast, which killed a firefighter and injured 35 other emergency service workers, occurred after a fire caused by a chemical reaction broke out on Saturday afternoon at a plant operated by Nippon Shokubai Co. in the city of Himeji, close to Osaka in central Japan. Nippon Shokubai controls the largest share of the world market for super-absorbent polymers, which is used in the production of nappies, and
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*Diapers, for those who haven't come across the word heretofore. (Serviette is the word used for table napkin.)
There are more than a few of us dinosaurs around who were not fortunate enough to have disposable diapers at their, um, disposal. Comparing disposables to the other kind, I'd say there will be panic--bacon is nothing compared to this. Perhaps renting a PODS, sticking it in the driveway and filling it full of disposable diapers, quick, before shortages hit, would be a good solution. Of course, you'd need 24/7 security.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
mc squared, 9/30/2012 11:47:28 AM (No. 8900207)
Funny, I immediately thought of Don Imus. Don't know why.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
BigGeorgeTX, 9/30/2012 11:47:58 AM (No. 8900210)
Probably the same way they dealt with it before the 1970's.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
howvood, 9/30/2012 11:47:58 AM (No. 8900209)
This may be a bigger disaster than Fukashima! These diaper plants may have to be shut down along with the nukes
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
MissMolly, 9/30/2012 12:17:28 PM (No. 8900257)
Leave it to the Brits. First, a shortage of bacon, now they're worried about diapers. What next?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Maybeth, 9/30/2012 12:20:21 PM (No. 8900262)
This sounds to me like an opportunity. If it's true that this company has that much of a monopoly on the industry, it's about time they had some competition.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Blue-Z-Anna, 9/30/2012 12:47:26 PM (No. 8900304)
So could a properly attired Arab be called nappy-headed ?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
KTWO, 9/30/2012 2:27:26 PM (No. 8900417)
Save us! Save us!
Global Warming doesn't seem so important now does it?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
ColonialAmerican1623, 10/1/2012 12:32:49 AM (No. 8901256)
#1 So did I.
Wow. Back to washing cloth diapers and saving the landfills (and parking lots).
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Trigger2, 10/1/2012 7:46:42 AM (No. 8901544)
Yee gads. What will welfare baby churning women do in NY when they can't get free disposable diapers?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Tygerlily, 10/1/2012 7:57:46 AM (No. 8901559)
They never heard of cloth diapers?
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