Is Radiation Protection Clothing For Pregnant Women A Commercial Scam?

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Journalist survey

The price is high, but most mothers will buy it.

Yesterday morning, reporters visited the mother and baby shop in Changsha, such as Yi, Ma Zi Valley and Beibei bear.

In these stores, pregnant women's radiation protection clothing occupies no special area. The price ranges from 200 yuan to 1000 yuan, and most of them sell well.

The promoters of these maternal and child products stores told reporters that the pregnant women's radiation protection clothing is now divided into metal according to their material.

On the Internet, radiation protection clothing for pregnant women is also selling well.

Now, as long as you enter the word "radiation protection" on shopping websites, all kinds of so-called "radiation protection" products will jump into the eye.

From radiation protection

The reporter noted that smart businessmen have developed many kinds of radiation protection clothing for pregnant women to prevent radiation problems, including vests, sacks, suspenders, aprons, skirts, and padded trousers, and even a pregnant women's shirt that shielded their arms from radiation.

"This is to meet the multiple needs of pregnant women."

A salesperson said that the belly button can be worn closely, the vest can be worn out with the outer garment, the apron is used for pregnant women to cook and work, and can withstand the radiation of the microwave oven and other electrical appliances.

Among them, the best sales are waistcoat and Maternity Skirt two styles.

Ms. Bei, a saleswoman of the bear bear, urged the reporter to buy a radiation protection clothing. She said that the clothes were used for many purposes: "when pregnant women are watching TV or surfing the Internet, it is best to wear a suit of radiation protection clothing.

When you go out, you'd better wear it too, because the sun also has radiation.

The radiant clothing promoters of Tongzi Po shop told reporters that the radiation protection clothing with silver ion content above 50% is the best.

Reporters noted that a well-known brand launched the silver ion content of more than 50% of radiation protection clothing, the price is as high as 1068 yuan.

The reporter interviewed ten pregnant women and new mothers who came to shopping in several maternal and infant products stores. 8 of them said they would buy radiation proof clothing or bought radiation protection clothing.

Although all the respondents were not sure that the radiation suits were effective, they all expressed willingness to pay for their baby's health.

The new mother Liu, who lives next to the Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, has a certain representativeness: "although the price of radiation protection clothing is very expensive, compared to the health of the baby, it is not expensive and expensive to buy, or how does the radiation of the electrical appliances really affect the child's hair?"

Field test

Radiation tests that make people foggy

As for the principle and effect of radiation protection clothing for pregnant women, several salesmen contacted by reporters yesterday said they were not clear.

However, they can prove "useful" to journalists through field tests.

Moreover, salesmen no longer use the previous test method of "packet phone".

"There will be no signal in any enclosed space."

The anti radiation clothes promoters on the Tongzi slope shop said.

The salesman took out an instrument labeled "radiation protection test pen" to give the reporter a live demonstration: when she put the pen near a radiation protection coat, the red indicator light on the pen lit up; then, she put the pen on the reporter's clothes and other ordinary clothes, but the light was not lit.

"You can't prove that it is against radiation. You can only tell the difference between radiation protection clothing and other clothing materials," the reporter said.

The salesgirl did not explain further. After a while, she said, "maybe it is just a psychological comfort."

In the mother and child supplies shop at Mabai Valley, the salesperson also did a similar test in front of reporters, but her test instrument was a factory prepared electric ball and an electric pen.

The reporter saw that when the electric pen was near the electric ball, the light came on. When she blocked the radiation protective clothing in front of the electric ball, the electric pen didn't shine.

"This shows that the electromagnetic radiation is interrupted by radiation protection clothing."

The salesman said.

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According to reports, pregnant women's radiation protective clothing is either shielded by high density metal mesh or absorbed by metal ions.

The reporter looked at some of the instructions for radiation protection clothing. The radiation protection principle that the manufacturers gave was: "in the radiation resistant clothing fabric, woven 5% to 30% metal fibers, forming a" net ", which can block electromagnetic waves generated by computers, cell phones, base stations, and so on, so as to achieve the purpose of preventing radiation.

It is reported that in December 2009, China issued a recommended standard for "microwave shielding and protective clothing", which did not address the mandatory national standards for the entire radiation protection products. The standards of the radiation protection products currently on the market are determined by the production enterprises themselves.

Due to the lack of relevant measurement standards, there is no relevant departments to measure and supervise them, nor have the corresponding agencies to conduct sampling inspection on shielding effectiveness of the products sold on the market, and even it is difficult to investigate and punish enterprises suspected of false propaganda.

Expert opinion

Pregnant women do not need to talk about radiation color change.

Manufacturers of radiation protection clothing for pregnant women claim that their products are mainly targeted at mobile phones, computers, televisions, or natural electromagnetic radiation in nature.

So, does these electromagnetic radiation have any effect on the developing fetus? Is there any such research and experiment? Yesterday, the reporter interviewed several experts in obstetrics or genetics Department of Hunan province.

Dr. Hu Hao, a genetic research laboratory of Hunan maternal and child health care institute, said that there is no definite evidence to prove that electromagnetic radiation or microwave radiation of household appliances has an effect on the fetus. "We have never recommended the use of radiation protection clothing.

This is not a project recommended by eugenics. "

He told reporters that in clinical practice, only those pregnant women who need to go to the hospital for radiological treatment frequently, such as pregnant women suffering from cancer, will consider the impact of radiation on the fetus and make their choice.

Li Wenxia, director of the two division of Changsha maternal and child health care hospital, said that it is generally not recommended for ordinary pregnant women to use radiation protection clothing.

"General household appliances have little effect on the fetus, and pregnant women do not need to talk about radiation discoloration."

She said that pregnant women should not be too close when the appliance is switched on.

Wang Shuyuan, director of the Department of genetics and eugenics, Xiangtan Maternal and Child Health-Care Hospital, said she thought pregnant women's radiation protection clothing was of no great significance.

"The electromagnetic radiation in our life has a wide spectrum. The radiation protection clothing of pregnant women on the market can only block the radiation of a certain frequency band, but can not block all the radiation.

Research by some specialized agencies abroad shows that radiation does not accumulate to a certain amount, and has no effect on a normally developing embryo. "

She said, "unless we are pregnant in a computer room or in a special environment where radiation is particularly strong, we do not advocate radiation protection for general pregnant women.

Some young expectant mothers know that when they are pregnant, they regard TV, computers and cell phones as a great source of danger. They are a little overstressed and unnecessary.

Netizens voice

The picture is a psychological comfort.

Netizen "Lian": radiation proof clothing can really shield some radiation.

But radiation is everywhere, not just in the direction you protect.

You can protect your stomach. Can your head, hands, feet and other places be protected? Pregnant, it is impossible to wrap yourself up like a dumpling.

Netizen "mountain elder brother": pregnant woman radiation proof clothing? I really do not believe this, but the wife asks to buy, can I not buy? I will not buy, she must feel that I am stingy, even this money can not bear to give the child to spend, then I am not jump into the Yellow River also cannot wash clearly, so still spend money to disaster.

Netizen "jihyr222": as long as it is good for children, it is better to be credible.

Pregnancy is the beginning, and you are less equipped than others. Can you be practical? Radiation protection clothing should be bought at a high price, even more comfortable than any clothes.

In fact, the picture is a psychological consolation.