Knowledge Release: How To Prevent Formaldehyde In Home Textiles?

September 24th, many of us are picking. Window curtains At the time, it may only pay attention to its appearance, but ignores whether the quality is checked and whether there is pollution. In fact, if the curtain is not safe, it will do harm to our health.

According to an authoritative investigation, formaldehyde, which has been identified as a carcinogenic substance by WHO, has become the main pollutant of the newly renovated family in China. Formaldehyde in the indoor environment of newly decorated families with more than 6 of them has exceeded national control standards. However, most consumers only know that formaldehyde comes from wood-based panels, composite flooring or furniture used for home decoration, but they do not know that decorations, curtains and cloth furniture commonly used for interior decoration and decoration also cause formaldehyde pollution in indoor environment.

In order to control the harmful effects of harmful substances on people's health, China has formally implemented mandatory countries since January 1, 2005. standard Technical specification for basic safety of national textile products. Requirements of the new code market A total of 5 indicators must be up to standard, namely formaldehyde content, pH value (PH), color fastness, odor and decomposable aromatic amine dye.

According to the degree of contact between textile products and the human body and the special conditions of infants and young children, the textile products are classified as: Class A - infant products; class B - products that are directly exposed to the skin; class C - products that are not directly exposed to the skin. The higher the security level, the more stringent the corresponding standard values.

After 1 years' transition period, if a sample is found to be unqualified, it should not only prohibit its sales, but also do not allow it to be disposed of as a stock or a price cut. It can only be destroyed.

At present, the safety and quality of the curtains sold on the market has gone through the current situation. In view of the current situation of consumers in the curtain City, the newspaper "consumer life lab" recently commissioned the China Interior Decoration Association indoor environment monitoring center to conduct a comparative experiment on some curtains sold in Muxiyuan South three yuan curtain city and Muxiyuan dragon capital curtain fabric City, and the results showed that formaldehyde content was within the national standard.

However, the experimenters specifically pointed out that although formaldehyde was not found in the standard products, there were 6 samples of formaldehyde detected. Moreover, the samples taken in this experiment are samples that have been sold in the market and exposed for a certain time in the air, and formaldehyde is still found, which should attract the attention of consumers.

How to prevent curtains? formaldehyde

Song Guangsheng, director of the indoor environment monitoring center of China Interior Decoration Association, reminds consumers:

Attention should be paid when buying curtain cloth: 1, smell odour. If the product emits a peculiar smell, it may have residual formaldehyde. It is best not to buy it; 2, pick flowers and colors. When choosing colors, it is advisable to choose lighter colors, so the risk of formaldehyde and color fastness exceeding standard will be smaller. 3, look at varieties. We should be careful when choosing fabric and curtain products that are shrinkproof, wrinkle resistant, soft and flat.

In addition, attention should be paid when using: 1. The curtains should be thoroughly soaked and washed in clear water to reduce the formaldehyde content on the fabric. 2, some sheets, quilts and other fabrics directly contact with the skin contain formaldehyde, which must be washed before reuse. 3, conditionally, after washing, hang the curtain cloth and hang it in the outdoor ventilating place for drying. 4, if there are more windows in the room, you can choose different material curtains, such as blinds, shutters and so on. 5, you can also buy Chlorophytum and other green plants, placed on the windowsill can effectively absorb the curtains and other released formaldehyde, fully clean the air. {page_break}
 

Consumer blacklist "killer" formaldehyde

Formaldehyde has great harm to people's health. It is called free killer.

If skin is exposed to formaldehyde, it can cause allergic reactions and itch. If it is directly irritating to the eyes, it may lead to inflammation and tears. Breathing air containing formaldehyde for a long time can also cause the following symptoms: inflammation of the nose and throat, insomnia, dizziness, loss of memory and so on.

But these symptoms are still relatively light. After scientific research, formaldehyde has carcinogenic hazards, which may lead to nasal cancer, lung cancer and brain cancer. In addition, different people have different sensitivity to formaldehyde, and the resistance of children and the elderly is the weakest.

Where does formaldehyde come from?

According to the experts of Beijing textile supervision and Inspection Institute, because formaldehyde has strong anticorrosive ability, in order to make the garments achieve the effects of crease prevention, shrinkproof and flame retarding, or to maintain the durability of printing and dyeing and improve the handle, it is necessary to add methal to textile auxiliaries. Most of the wrinkle resistant or non iron shirts used in the market use formaldehyde containing auxiliaries, which may release formaldehyde when they are dressed.

When the textile is exposed to air for a long time, formaldehyde will be released and contaminate the indoor environment because of its volatility. In particular, some residential windows are large, such as French windows, viewing windows, and a house of 100 square meters. This is why some families pay special attention to formaldehyde pollution while decorating. However, after the decoration, it is found that indoor formaldehyde exceeds the standard.

It is also understood that the main reason for the widespread use of formaldehyde lies in its low price. It is not realistic to completely eliminate the use of formaldehyde in the production of textile products. If used in a limited range and scientifically treated, the formaldehyde content can be controlled within the prescribed limits, and the textile products can still be used safely.

Consumption vane

Fashion trends are changing every year, so is the clothing industry. Curtain is regarded as "the name card of living room". Experts in the industry suggest that after the complex design is popular, the concise and capable colors and fabrics will become the mainstream of the future home textiles. From the deep complexity of the past to the bright and freshness of a lot of white goods, almost all the new home textiles now choose the large area of white as the base color. On the main color system, the frequency of pink, pink, pale yellow and tender green has increased significantly.