What about the chemicals like bleach that people use to clean their cloth diapers with? Isn't that harmful too?

i never heard of any baby dying from pampers. i think you should use whatever you like best.

I switched to cloth because disposables gave my baby rashes. Her skin is better but I have to change her the minute she gets wet or dirty or else she still gets a rash.

i found the disposposables always leaked at night no matter what I did or what brand I used so I tried cloth and found that they worked much better for that. So i use them at night.

I don't know about health and safety - I just know that they now make the cutest cloth diapers in the world with matching adorable natural fibre diaper covers and I love hugging my baby in a soft, soft adorable diaper - it just isn't the same in a pampers.

There is a lot of info about cloth diapers out there.  It is hard to know whether it is in fact better for the environment but I believe that they are softer and more comfortable for babies.  I switched my baby to cloth diapers after more than a year of using disposables.  It wasn't hard and I think it had many benefits.   There are lots of good sources of information out there.  There are also lots of different kinds of diapers and the option of using diaper services.