| The latest buzz in child-care products to hit global | | | | force changes by refusing to buy convenient but |
| news is the link between dioxins, disposable diapers, | | | | potentially harmful baby care products. Manufacturers |
| and health care issues. Could that diaper you're | | | | may not act responsibly by choice, but they always |
| wrapping around your baby's bottom be one that | | | | respond to market forces. |
| increases the risk of skin irritation and diaper rash? | | | | Chlorine-free diapers use a different method of |
| Even worse to consider is the question whether the | | | | bleaching so that the disposable diapers are just as |
| dioxins disposable diapers contain cause cancer or | | | | white as their toxic counterparts but are safer for |
| immune system depression. Those are scary thoughts | | | | human use. There are no dioxins to transfer through |
| for a new parent wanting to give baby the best. | | | | skin from the paper product to a child. Dioxins in |
| The dioxin debate is one that's raging. European | | | | humans are there for the long haul, storing in fatty |
| countries have already decided that safer is better, | | | | deposits and causing all sorts of serious health |
| and chlorine-free diapers are very common. Countries | | | | concerns. Dioxins have been directly linked to cancers |
| such as Sweden, West Germany, and Austria are | | | | and serious compromises to the immune system. |
| making big changes about the type of acceptable | | | | Chlorine-free diapers eliminate the risk of dioxin |
| diapers for manufacturers to offer to consumers. | | | | transfer and are certainly friendlier for the environment. |
| Other countries, such as Japan, are getting in on the | | | | No dioxins will leach into landfills after disposal of the |
| buzz as well. | | | | diapers, leaving your child with a better world. The |
| The connection hasn't been clearly outlined yet, but | | | | potential risk of health concerns to children from |
| there is enough concern that the world is paying | | | | contact with dioxins is lower, making chlorine-free |
| attention. Parents should demand safer products from | | | | diapers the best choice of swaddling possible. |
| manufacturers, such as chlorine-free diapers, and | | | | |