China Consumers Association: Anti Haze Mask To Reach The Target Ratio Of Less Than 30%

< < p > < a href= > http://www.91se91.com/news/index_c.asp > > China Consumer Association < /a > first announced the comparison test results of the protective properties of 37 masks sold on the market recently.

The results of the comparison test of the China Consumers Association have made some of the masks with anti haze slogans back to the original form: only 9 of the 37 masks samples have good anti haze effects and are comfortable, even less than 30% of the total.

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< p > according to Li Yuan Guang, Deputy Secretary General of China Consumer Association, the samples of these 37 a href= "http://www.91se91.com/news/index_c.asp" > masks < /a > are from shopping malls, supermarkets, medicine (quotes) stores, labor protection supplies stores, wholesale markets and corresponding shopping websites in 6 cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Hefei, Chongqing, Ningbo and Harbin, involving 28 mask production and distribution enterprises.

The price of masks ranges from 0.58 yuan to 199 yuan, which basically covers the mask of the main brands sold in the market.

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< p > when the masks suddenly become a necessities of life, the quick sense of smell merchants quickly put the "anti haze" labels on these commonly used masks.

At present, the mask products sold in the market, in addition to disposable activated carbon masks and general medical masks, do not claim that they have anti fog and haze effects. They claim that the mask that can resist virus and PM2.5 is placed in an obvious position by merchants.

Many days when haze is serious, many businesses will post a notice of discontinuation.

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< p > Pi Xiaolin, deputy director of the consumer complaints department, told reporters that commodity labels are the basis for consumers to buy products. According to the existing product standards of masks in China, the labels of labels generally require product names, trademarks or other discriminative labels, product type, executive standards, filter material levels, name of production enterprises, and some necessary instructions and warnings.

In the 37 samples of masks purchased by China Consumers Association, the specifications of the samples are marked in various categories: the size of the gauze mask is marked, and the type of the product is produced by the manufacturer.

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< p > it is reported that there are no relevant product standards for fog prevention and haze prevention or PM2.5 respirators, and there are many kinds of standards for the implementation of sample masks.

The 16 samples were executed in the GB2626 - 2006 standard for respirator and self-priming filter respirator (hereinafter referred to as "GB2626 2006"); 2 masks samples were executed GB19083 - 2003 "technical specification for medical respirators", 2 samples of respirators were executed by GB15979 "Hygienic standard for disposable hygienic products"; 4 samples were carried out by enterprise standards; and some samples were carried out by the US NIOSH standard.

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< p > pi Xiaolin told reporters that at present, there is no relevant product standard for fog prevention and haze prevention or PM2.5 mask.

In this comparative test, they commissioned the national labor insurance products quality supervision and Inspection Center (Beijing), referring to the relevant performance test methods in GB2626 - 2006, and compared the protective effect of the respirator (PM2.5), respiratory resistance and leakage.

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Zhang Peng, an expert in the national quality supervision and inspection center of labor insurance products (Beijing), said that there is no standard for PM2.5 respirators in China. The standards used in their tests are similar to those tested in PM2.5, so this test has chosen this approximate standard. P

"But what needs to be explained is that although there are 10 standards in the 37 products, there is no difference between them in terms of testing methods.

The comparative test is only a relative result. "

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< p > reporter learned from the China Industrial Textiles Association that at present, the association has completed the first draft of the standard proposal of China's civil respirator and will report it to the National Standards Committee. After the introduction of the standard, it is expected to improve the situation of haze mask market.

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< p > < strong > 100 yuan masks is not as good as 10 yuan "goods stalls"? < /strong > < /p >

< p > comparison test was conducted to test the filtration efficiency of different respirators by testing the "filtration efficiency", and the sodium chloride particles belonging to PM2.5 were used. After testing, 15 of the 37 respirator samples had better initial filtration efficiency, reaching more than 4 stars, but only 40%.

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< p > is the anti haze respirator the more expensive the better? The 37 comparison test masks are purchased from different retail channels, the most expensive ones are 199 yuan, and the cheapest ones are less than 1 yuan.

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< p > test results show that the masks with high price have moderate performance.

A shopping mall from Jingdong mall has no Chinese identification, priced at 199 yuan (filter 11.9 yuan / film), and the brand name is totobobo, which can be replaced by filter cotton rubber mask. Its filtering effect is rated as 3 star and half.

The price is the highest among the 37 products, but the filtering effect has not exceeded the part of the disposable mask of 5 yuan filter effect below 10 yuan.

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< p > pi Xiaolin also said that 2 samples without Chinese labels were bought through the Internet. Compared with the samples sold in supermarkets, shopping malls and drugstores, the quality of masks samples is relatively reliable. Consumers are advised to choose masks from the official website or designated channels to ensure that they buy genuine products.

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< p > it is worth mentioning that some samples of knitted fabric masks sold on the market, especially in the small commodity market, can only filter out larger particles, and the effect of preventing haze is poor.

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< p > < strong > haze and comfort are difficult to have both < /strong > < /p >.

< p > comparative test shows that the performance of disposable cup masks and disposable folding masks is much better than that of disposable flat masks and replaceable filter cotton masks.

In 15 samples of disposable cup masks and folding masks, 12 leakage rates reached the KN95 level in China.

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"P", but there is still a common problem in protective mask, that is, it is difficult to avoid haze and comfort. Consumers have to take off the mask often and make themselves breathable.

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< p > "respirator with an expiratory valve is comfortable, and a good expiratory valve can effectively reduce respiratory resistance."

PI Xiaolin told reporters that the price of such masks would be higher than that without valves. For example, 3M respirators with respirators, MASKIN brand PM2.5 professional respirators and 617505 protective masks, all 5 stars were filtered, but because they are disposable, the price of 33.9 yuan, 20 yuan and 7.6 yuan is not cheap.

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< p > aiming at a wide variety of masks in the market, the Consumer Association recommends wearing different types of masks for different environments.

"For fog and haze weather, when we predict the concentration of particles to reach the level of pollution, we should wear anti fog haze masks."

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< p > the respirator with good fog and haze effect is a disposable cup mask and a disposable folding mask made of non-woven material (market area) with filtering effect.

China Association for consumer protection reminded that these two kinds of masks should not be washed or reused. They should be replaced when they feel bad smell or breathe.

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< p > in addition, wearing masks varies from person to person.

People with respiratory diseases and older people should not wear large respirators with respirators. When they are in bad weather, they are advised to close doors and windows and stay at home without going out.

Children should not wear respirators with respirators. The size of masks should be suitable for children's faces. Once the children are uncomfortable with their breathing, they should be replaced in time.

It should be reminded that the environment inside the mask is very suitable for bacterial growth. Therefore, it is necessary to keep the mask clean and regularly clean and disinfect.

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