Super Absorbent Polymers in fashionable adult nappies

nappies.jpgThis great photo of gorgeous pouting models wearing black catsuits and nappies (diapers) from the 2008 autumn collection in a Tokyo catwalk show immediately made me think: Super Absorbent Polymers (SAP). 
 
Disposable nappies, including adult versions and the astronaut version (MAGs -  maximum absorbency garments) are a huge growth area for acrylic acid, and worth $5.7 billion a year, according to this article in the Times
 
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