Care For Children's Health And Children's Clothing

According to reports, the market of children's articles in China reached more than 100 billion yuan in 2012, and the children's wear increased by about 16.7% every year. Statistical data show that among the children's disease injuries, more than 5% of the children's products are pathogenic, especially children's clothing and infants. clothing The phenomenon of formaldehyde exceeding standard in fabrics is common, and has become one of the biggest killer of children's health.

Whether the chaos of children's products exists in Shenyang? For this reason, I visited the local market. In a large shopping mall in Zhongjie, the author interviewed several consumers who were looking for children's clothing. More than 90% of parents said they were not sure that children's fabric contained formaldehyde. A prospective mother is shopping for the baby to be born. clothes When I asked if it was clear that the baby's clothing might contain formaldehyde, it was harmful to the baby's health. She was surprised to ask, "is not formaldehyde in the decorating materials? How can there be formaldehyde in baby clothes? Can children wear toxic clothing?" another family member, Mr. Liu said, "I often go to the mall to buy clothes for my 6 year old son. shoes It will also go to the clothing wholesale market of the five love street, but never heard of formaldehyde in children's clothing, nor has it seen any indication on the label. A number of shopping malls and wholesale markets have been visited continuously. More than 90% of the parents say they do not know and are not clear.

children Clothing safety Q&A

With parents' questions, I found the three local rabbit knitted garment expert, Mr. Zhang, director of rabbit products in Liaoning, to explain scientifically the details of children's clothing and the matters needing attention for parents to choose children's clothes.

The author: why do we need to add formaldehyde to children's clothing? Is formaldehyde not harmful to the body?

Director Zhang: in the process of fabric production, a large number of formaldehyde dyeing auxiliaries and resin finishing agents are added into the production process to achieve wrinkle resistance, shrinkproof and flame retardance, and to maintain the durability of printing and dyeing. But many manufacturers use very high formaldehyde cheap additives to produce colorful fabrics to satisfy people's sense of vision, but azo dyes used in printing and dyeing can induce cancer. Formaldehyde, halide carriers and heavy metals have become health killers.

The writer: what harm will the clothes that add formaldehyde bring to infants and children?

Director Zhang: if children wear such clothes, they will gradually release their formaldehyde. When children are inhaled, the most obvious symptoms are fatigue, insomnia, headache, cough and so on. Long term exposure to formaldehyde will cause dermatitis and eczema, which will have a serious impact on the growth and development of infants.

Because the skin is thin and tender, the sweat glands are numerous. After sweating, formaldehyde can be dissolved in water and absorbed through the skin. After a long period of chronic absorption, it will have an impact on children. One is direct skin irritation, and the other may stimulate the nervous system. Strong formaldehyde often stimulates the respiratory tract and has a certain inhibitory effect on respiratory tract development.

Formaldehyde volatile volatilization time is very long, for example, sometimes can last for 10 years, if this kind of thing always exists in the body, then the most serious consequence is that it causes cell malignant transformation, like sometimes will get tumors, and even malignant tumors, such as children's white blood disease.

Author: does the country have any executive standards for formaldehyde content in clothing?

Director Zhang: the formaldehyde content in children's clothing is strictly controlled. In 2005, the state began to implement the mandatory standard GB 18401-2003. Spin The basic safety technical specification for products has specified 5 health and safety indicators, such as color fastness, formaldehyde content, azo dye, odor and pH value. The newly produced clothes that conform to the standard must be marked with "GB 18401-2003". Clothes & Accessories Textiles are divided into three categories: A, B and C. Among them, class A is infant products, and its formaldehyde content should not exceed 10 mg per kg; class B is directly related to skin products, its formaldehyde content should not exceed 75 mg per kilogram; C category is non direct contact with skin products, its formaldehyde content should not exceed 300 mg per kg. Three ear rabbit children's clothing category A and B products do not contain formaldehyde, which is difficult for most manufacturers in China. This is also the result of our brand's quality control system that has been implemented for many years.

I: as an expert, please give some suggestions for the children's parents to purchase clothes.

Director Zhang: in order to prevent the purchase of children's clothing formaldehyde exceeds the standard, the choice is Children's wear We must pay attention to one view, two sniffing, three touching, four washing and five viewing.

A look: look at the appearance carefully. When choosing children's clothing, first check the logo on the clothing, carefully check the logo on the product, the name of the factory in Chinese, the logo, the logo, the washing instructions, the certificate, the execution standard number, the product quality grade and the safety category. Generally speaking, the qualified children's clothing should be complete and standardized.

Formaldehyde mainly comes from cheap dyes and auxiliaries, so don't buy children's wrinkle resistant clothing, try to choose children's clothing with less pattern, and print on the pattern should not be very hard, and try not to buy bleached children's clothing.

Two smell: smell. When opening the package, you can smell it and see if it has any pungent odor. Some clothes due to additives in the post processing process will cause formaldehyde content and pH value to exceed the standard, resulting in a pungent odor. Some of them may have odor, smell of gasoline and toxic smell due to improper storage or packaging contamination.

Three touch: check Fabric Texture. First, feel the texture of the fabric with touch. Children's clothing fabric should be hygroscopic, breathable and soft. Next, check the fiber content of the clothing, identify the fabric composition, and identify the material of the fabric with the combustion method. Under normal circumstances, use fire to ignite, smell its taste, observe the state of flame and the shape of the remnant. The hair, cashmere and silk have burning hair smell. After the cotton and linen are white or gray ashes, most of the remnants of synthetic fiber are hard lumps. For infants and young children, it is better to choose pure cotton clothing, and the color should be mild and light.

Four wash: after buying clothes, don't worry about putting them on the children. They must be washed. Formaldehyde is easier to dissolve in water. In case of buying children's clothes, it's best to rinse them with clean water. Don't wait to put on new clothes for the children, so as not to damage their children's health.

The five concept: after wearing new clothes for children, such as skin allergy, emotional disturbance, poor diet, continuous cough and other symptoms, we should consider the possibility of formaldehyde poisoning. We should go to the hospital as soon as possible.

A beautiful new dress is no doubt a good gift for children who are going to have children's day immediately, but the producers, sellers and regulators of children's clothing should really take up their responsibilities. Children's Wear Quality and safety, do not let unqualified children's clothing harm to children's health and safety.