"Green Problem" Urgently Needed To Solve In Chinese Clothing

In order to break through the international Green trade Bulwark, the bosses of more than 60 well-known textile and garment enterprises in the country have been together for two days: because clothing contains harmful substances, too many enterprises are blocked outside the gates of the international market. The same problem has been put in front of the public today. Environmental protection Do you?

Clothing, food and shelter, clothing is the first, it is human's first environment, second skin, but it is this layer of "skin", from the cotton seed to the ground, until the hanging in the shopping mall window, there are too many opportunities to be polluted. At the first China eco textile seminar held today, Qi Xiaojin, deputy general manager of Beijing copper bull company, who has received the Chinese environmental label, has introduced the environmental protection issue of textiles. At present, there is not a mandatory national standard in addition to the eco label standards set by the China environmental labeling certification committee. An official of the State Administration of quality supervision, inspection and Quarantine said in an interview with reporters that due to the absence of relevant laws and regulations, there is no mandatory inspection of clothing before entering the market. However, the state has already realized this problem and is developing the safety of textiles. National standard 。

According to experts, clothing contaminated There are two sources: first, clothing materials in the process of planting, in order to control pests and diseases will use pesticides, fertilizers, herbicides, etc., these toxic and harmful substances will remain on clothing, causing skin allergies, respiratory diseases or other toxic reactions, and even induce cancer; two, in the processing and manufacturing process, we will use oxidants, catalysts, flame retardants, whitening fluorescent agents and other chemical substances. These harmful substances are left on textiles, causing clothing to be contaminated again. The resin shaping process will also use formaldehyde containing resin, and will also cause pollution to clothing. Will affect the human body: dye will cause skin irritation to human skin, resulting in dermatitis, the shortest time for 4 hours, and the longest 6 days. Formaldehyde free finishing agents will be used in people's skin. People who have antibodies to formaldehyde will produce allergic dermatitis. Although softening finishing agents can reduce the physical irritation of clothing to the skin, people may suffer from allergic dermatitis due to abnormal physique. In general, underwear, socks and so on should be hygienic with organic mercury or other compounds, which may cause skin irritation or contact allergy. Some textile finishing agents containing fluorine and bromine will cause dermatitis. It is understood that several commonly used chemical processing agents such as excess. In addition, in clothing Enclosure Such as zippers will contain heavy metals such as lead.

Because the country has no mandatory environmental protection requirements for clothing at present, no one can answer the question of environmental protection and environmental protection in the market now. People are not aware that the clothes they bought contain no harmful substances, but the anxious reaction of participating enterprises can also explain some problems. According to experts, after China's accession to the WTO, the main obstacle to clothing exports will be the technical barriers to trade such as environmental protection. Since 90s, industrial developed countries have promulgated relevant environmental protection regulations and textile environmental protection standards, and have strictly checked imported textiles. For example, the EU limits the content of 100 kinds of harmful substances in imported garments. Japanese businessmen have explicitly asked Chinese clothing enterprises to test suture needles, pins, broken hands and so on. China's exports of silk and silk have to accept more than 200 tests. Clothing exported to Jiangsu by one company is only returned because of the high lead content of the zipper, resulting in a loss of one million yuan.

According to experts, many garment enterprises have had similar experiences. Now the export to domestic clothing is changed to domestic sales, not only because of market changes or appearance quality, but also because of the environmental protection can not meet the requirements of others and returned. China's environmental label is a green pass for Chinese products to the world. However, only 18 of the more than 50 thousand garment enterprises in China have obtained environmental signs in China. Many enterprises are not aware of the seriousness of the problem. After joining the WTO, due to the reduction of tariffs, more foreign textiles will occupy the domestic market. At the same time, Chinese textiles will be very sad if they are blocked out of the environment because of environmental problems.

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According to the requirements of China Environmental Labeling for Eco textiles, products should not be treated with chlorine bleaching; no mildew proof finishing and flame retardant finishing; no PCP and four chlorophenol should be added; no odor, smell of gasoline and toxic aroma; no azo dyes, carcinogenic dyes and potentially sensitive dyes that can be classified as toxic aromatic amine dyes, and products of formaldehyde, extractable heavy metals, pH value, color fastness and pesticide residues in products should meet the EU oko-Tex100 standard.