Beware of "toxic" furniture that induces a variety of childhood diseases

Xianghe Furniture City official website news: Since August 1st, China's first special technical standard for children's furniture, "General Technical Conditions for Children's Furniture" has been implemented, which has made stricter requirements on children's furniture in terms of logo, safety and environmental protection. . Experts reminded that when purchasing children's furniture, they should be wary of excessive harmful substances such as formaldehyde and heavy metals. At the same time, they should pay attention to the pollution of harmful substances in the indoor air. Simplified decoration and furniture setting are one of the main ways to reduce indoor pollution.

New national standard

Strengthen the detection of harmful heavy metals

In fact, compared with ordinary furniture, children's furniture has higher requirements in production technology, safety and environmental protection, and detail design. However, due to the long-term lack of relevant national standards and industry standards for the production of children's furniture, most companies basically use the standard production of adult furniture. The new national standard implemented this time has set mandatory requirements for furniture products used by children aged 3 to 14 years, including safety requirements, warning signs, test methods and inspection rules.

In addition to the conventionally detected four toxic heavy metals such as lead, mercury, chromium and cadmium, the new national standard for children's furniture has also added four harmful heavy metals such as antimony, bismuth, selenium and arsenic. Among them, cockroaches are prone to appear in paints, which can irritate the eyes, nose, throat and skin. Continuous contact can damage the heart and liver function. Inhalation of high levels of sputum can cause sputum poisoning. Symptoms include vomiting, headache, difficulty breathing, severe May cause death. In addition, arsenic and arsenic may also cause a variety of health threats, adversely affecting multiple organs of the human body such as the gastrointestinal tract, cardiovascular system, nervous system, and reproductive system. Long-term exposure to arsenic may induce skin cancer, lung cancer, and liver cancer. And many other cancers.

In addition, the new national standard prohibits the use of decomposable aromatic amines in leather and textile fabrics for children's furniture. This is a dye synthesized from carcinogenic aromatic amines. It is popular among many small and medium-sized textile companies because of its low price, strong tinting strength and bright and long-lasting color. However, its toxicity and carcinogenicity are more harmful than formaldehyde, and it is insoluble in water and cannot pass. The washing method is removed. Contact with human skin can cause a variety of malignant diseases, including bladder cancer, kidney cancer and so on.

In addition to strict requirements for safety indicators, the new national standard has also been strictly regulated for some structural safety issues that are specific to children. Glass parts should not be used where the height of the ground or the height of the child's standing surface is less than 1.6 meters, so as not to scratch the child. In order to prevent children from suffocating into furniture like a wardrobe, the national standard requires that the closed furniture be provided with ventilation vents.

Many children's furniture

Difficult new standard

The reporter saw in several large home stores that there are a wide variety of children's furniture on the market. Among them, the edges of most computer tables and chairs and lockers have been rounded and chamfered, which is very soft. But some of the computer desks and lockers have sharp edges and edges on the drawers. In addition, individual furniture stores are still selling children's furniture that is not up to standard, the most obvious of which is that closed furniture does not have ventilation vents in accordance with the requirements of the new national standard.

The reporter noticed that although many children's furniture are labeled with "use of 14 years old or above", sales personnel still sell to parents of young children. At a furniture store, a 6-year-old parent asked the children's desk to see the sticker on the desk, and the salesperson said that the children under the age of 14 had no problem with the furniture and tried to recommend it. .

The reporter's investigation found that most parents are not clear about the new standards for children's furniture. Many parents admit that although they pay great attention to the safety of children's furniture, they have no research, and more rely on brand recognition. Some parents said that in addition to the style, they will smell a pungent smell when they purchase, and then see if there will be any corners that pose a safety hazard to the child.

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