Disposable diaper low down - can they be green?

The law suit against honest company which (amoung other items) includes their diapers sparked an interest in me as to what is in their diapers and can disposal diapers be "green" or "natural" diapers.  Honest brand diapers aren't the only ones claiming to be green or natural, G diapers make a similar claim.

Sodium polyacrylate.

The claims:  honest co and g diapers make slightly different claims.  G diapers call their diapers "green".  Their claim is relatively safe, their diapers biodegrade pretty quickly.  That is generally what it takes to call ones self green.  Of course the other side would be, is the process of making the diapers a green process?  But most of today's consumers aren't looking at that.  Hopefully in the near future.  Honest co claims " natural". To me that is totally different.  To me that implies natural only products.

Screenshot of materials used in honest co diapers, from their site.

Sodium polyacrylate: this is the substance that makes disposable diapers absorbent.

 Both G diapers and honest co admit it is in their diapers.  It is a chemical compound.  Making it is not a natural process, not sure if it is a green process.  Both honest co and g diapers use this polymer.  Honest adds wheat and corn to it and calls it a bio core.  I would agree that is misleading.  Why is corn and wheat added? No reason that benefits the chemistry (function) of it.  My guess is simply advertising. -and is that GMO wheat and corn, or organic wheat and corn, unnecessarily added to the diaper core?-   Sodium polyacrylate is in all disposable diapers.  Its a white powdery substance that turns to a weird gel bead substance when it has absorbed wetness.  It is also what is in all disposable feminine pads.  It used to be in tampons till it was banned for causing toxic shock syndrome.

It has been deemed by the governments of Canada and the US to he safe in cosmetics, fake snow, diapers and feminine pads.  Not safe in tampons, workers should wear gloves and masks because long term exposure (8+ hours a day) could cause skin irritation, lung problems and possibility of cancer but not conclusive.  It is only fatal if ingested in large amount.  That isn't likely unless you baby / toddler eats their diapers.  Not common, but not unheard of.

For me this all means there is no disposable diaper or feminine pad I want on my children's genetials.  End of story, but that's me.  And yeah, I wouldn't call any product containing it natural.  I however won't argue with the green claim since it does biodegrade.  Hopefully soon green will mean more then that alone.

Photo sources: link, link, honest company and wiki.