Among those P&G brands are products many American consumers use everyday, like toothpaste,deodorant, disposable baby diapers, laundry detergent and potato chips.

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They occurred with the invention of the telephone, the automobile, the radio, the airplane, medical stents, and even disposable diapers.

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Those include cola, juice, beer, rice, canned goods, soap and laundry detergent, baby products like disposable diapers - and computers.

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The Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry says the U.S. is playing catch-up, accounting for one-third of those sales, mostly of disposable wipes and diapers.

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