Benefits of Chlorine-Free Diapers

With so many issues on your mind as you get ready for your new baby, everyone keeps asking what kind of diapers you are going to use. You know disposable diapers are bad for the environment, but cloth diapers are so much work. Chlorine-free diapers are the solution for the environmentally conscious parent who does not have the time to dedicate to cloth diapers.

Function

Chlorine-free diapers are disposable diapers made without using the harsh chemical chlorine. They are just as easy to put on the baby, just as easy to dispose of and as absorbent as other disposables.

Significance

Chlorine-free diapers are created without using chlorine as a bleaching agent. Therefore, in the making as well as in the breakdown of these diapers, no dioxins--cancer-causing agents created from chlorine derivatives--leak into the ground and water to poison wildlife and humans.

Benefits

Dioxins present in regular disposable diapers can also be absorbed into your infant's skin and compromise his health. Chlorine-free diapers do not expose your baby to these cancer-causing dioxins.

Considerations

Though cloth diapers are safer on the environment than disposable diapers, many parents find they cannot keep up with the added work that using cloth diapers creates. Being disposable, chlorine-free diapers require no extra time.

Types

For people who prefer the white of a bleached diaper, companies that make chlorine-free diapers offer diapers whitened by less-harmful means as well as diapers in natural brown and tan hues.

Warning

Solid waste should always be flushed regardless of what kind of diaper you use. If you throw away solid waste in your chlorine-free diaper, you are undoing your efforts to help the environment.

Resources

• Chlorine-Free Diapers