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