Baby will be in diapers 24/7 for the first three years of life, and their skin is more permeable than of an adult's.

There are too many conventional diapers in the environment.

They are made with polluting and unhealthy materials such as plastic. Through a lack of sustainable alternatives, disposable diapers have been piling up in landfills since 1965. Today landfills are bursting at the seams with an estimated 400 billion traditional plastic diapers - each taking up to 500 years to decompose.

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Study shows that elevated levels of toxic chemicals are found in disposable diapers. The diaper industry is regulated by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which does not require diaper manufacturers to disclose their ingredients or test their products or materials for a variety of chemicals to ensure safety. 

Nothing is more delicate than your baby’s bottom and protecting it requires products that are gentle and free of harsh chemicals. Frequent diaper changes are essential as wet diapers may trigger rashes and contribute to poor air circulation.

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Conventional Diapers 

Avoid conventional diapers:

• ❌Bleaching chemicals: Traditional diapers are bleached in order to prevent bacterial growth, and often leave chemical residue on the diapers (which may cause skin irritation and sensitivity). The most commonly used bleaching chemicals are chlorine, sulfates, and hydrogen peroxide.

• ❌Plastic materials can emit VOCs that can harm health. Note that even plastics produced from plants, or bioplastics, may have concerns similar to their petroleum-based counterparts. When looking for eco-friendly diapers we need to pick:

• ❌Chemicals: Too many diapers are made with phthalates, parabens, bisphenols, fluorinated compounds known as PFAS, and flame-retardant chemicals. Alcohol, preservatives, latex, PVC, TBT.

• ❌Fragrances: fragrance is a toxic mix made with undisclosed ingredients 

• ❌ Skin-conditioning agents:

• ❌ Chlorine

• ❌ Phthalates

• ❌ Dioxin

• ❌ Alcohol

• ❌ Latex
   

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Greenwashing Diapers

❌ Avoid greenwashing brands. Greenwashing is when a brand pretends to be natural when it is not. They will use misleading marketing claims to convince you to buy their products!  If a brand claims to be sustainable, safe, or plant-based without listing all the ingredients. That means they have something to hide.

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Organic Diapers

✅ When we are looking for eco-friendly diapers we need to look at:

• Transparent: brand is transparent and lists all the materials

• No Plastic: brand that minimizes the use of plastic in their products and packaging.

• Chlorine-free: Brand that uses unbleached pulp or pulp bleached using totally chlorine-free techniques, rather than elemental chlorine-free, or ECF, techniques. ECF uses a chlorine derivative, which is linked to skin, nose, and throat irritation and is toxic to aquatic systems.

• Third-party tested: brand has tested its products adequately for harmful ingredients and contaminants.

• Fragrance-free contains substances that may trigger skin irritations

• Dyes-free: they may cause rashes and skin irritations

• Optical brighteners -free: They may contain harmful substances

• Lead-free: It can damage a developing baby's nervous system

• Toxic free: No Chlorine, No Latex, No PVC, No TBTs, No Antioxidants, No Lotions, No Phthalates, No PFAS, BPAs and other bisphenols

 

Best Organic Diapers 

Free from other nasty chemicals and compounds, phenols, formaldehyde, carcinogenic dyes, and allergenic dyes - they are not only safe for babies, but will also protect them from rash, irritation, and discomfort.

• ✅Diapers that are plain, undyed, or with minimal designs. Many of the dyes used in diapers have been linked to health harm or may be contaminated with toxic heavy metals.

• ✅Organic cloth diapers: Organic cloth diapers are a good way to avoid some of the worrisome chemicals in disposable products. They also tend to be better for the environment, as they produce less plastic waste and use less energy to manufacture. ​Disposable diapers aren’t the only available option. The growing reusable diaper market makes it much easier for consumers to use cloth diapers, and diapers that snap or Velcro.

• ✅OEKO-TEX STANDARD 100 certified Cotton Diapers: This certification is the standard in safety for textile products. It means the diaper is free of 100+ of the most harmful chemicals.

• ✅Bamboo Baby diapers: Most diapers are bleached with chlorine, sulfates, or other harsh chemicals. The residue from these bleaching agents may be one of the causes of skin irritation and discomfort. Bamboo fibres do not require a bleaching process because it contains a natural anti-bacterial agent known as Bamboo-Kun. 

• ✅ Certified diapers: Look for environmental certifications, like the Forest Stewardship Council’s, to ensure that ingredients and materials are responsibly sourced.

• ✅ Choose an EWG VERIFIED™ diaper brand: which are verified for  2000 banned ingredients list

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I will list under 2 categories:

• BEST & SAFEST 

• no inner plastic in inner layers, TCF,  more biodegradable

• BETTER

• some plastic, ECF,  less biodegradable

 

If you are looking for the safest and softest touch on your baby’s skin, this page is for you! ​

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