As a new Mom, I was shocked when I saw the report on the news last night that a new Pampers Diaper with Dry Max technology(thinner diaper) was causing burns!! Proctor and Gamble claims that safety tests were done. Now how thorough the tests were is a question in my mind. Every baby is different and while some may be OK with the diapers, others may not and have sensitive skin.
Typical diapers use chlorine bleach to get the diapers white. "What is the problem with CHLORINE?
"The pulp and paper industry's practice of bleaching pulp 'whiter than white' with chlorine produces a large class of chemicals known as organochlorines, some extremely persistent and toxic, which include the infamous dioxins and furans."
". . . their effects are particularly threatening to the most vulnerable of us all: developing infants and children."
Source: Liz Armstrong & Adrienne Scott: "Whitewash; Exposing the health and environmental dangers of women's sanitary products and disposable diapers - what you can do about it."
An article from World News Online states:
"Cathy Valentine, for one, says she may never buy a P&G product ever again.
Her four-month old daughter had been in Pampers Swaddlers diapers since the day she was born. Earlier this month the Michigan mom started to use a box of the newest P&G diapers with "Dry Max" technology that is touted as thinner and more absorbent.
Soon, her daughter's skin in the diaper area turned pink. By the next day, blisters had formed.
Nothing in baby Alexis's routine had changed except that the family started using the new Pampers Swaddlers, Valentine said. A pediatrician diagnosed it as a chemical burn and one week later the area was still bleeding when touched, she said.
Valentine's story of rashes and burns after using the new Pampers is one of several quickly making the rounds on social networking sites such as Facebook, where a group calling on the company to reinstate the old diapers had grown to 1,053 members as of Monday.
After hearing about this, it has reaffirmed my decision to use Nature Babycare diapers and wipes. They are CHLORINE FREE, compostable, fragrance free and I have NEVER had a diaper rash on my baby from using them. Other brands which are chlorine free have sometimes exposed some type of gelatinous material in the diaper. That has never happened with Nature Babycare and won't happen with cloth diapers either. I am a Green Mom, but with 3 dogs and a baby, disposables are easy for me. If you have the patience, go for the cloth diaper, otherwise, my vote is for Nature Babycare!!!
You can get them at Diapers.com
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