About 20 million disposable diapers end up in landfills each year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, having a profound effect: It takes hundreds of years for a diaper to decompose.

"Many of my patients have started using diaper cream on the face for dryness and irritation," a dermatologist told Newsweek.

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