How To Prevent Formaldehyde In Household Textiles?

While many of us choose curtains, we may only pay attention to their appearance, but ignore 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 authoritative investigation, WHO was identified as a carcinogen.

In order to control the harmful effects of harmful substances on people's health, China has formally implemented the mandatory national standard "national textile product basic safety technical specification" since January 1, 2005.

The new code requires that 5 indicators of textiles circulated in the market must meet the requirements, namely formaldehyde content, pH value (PH), color fastness, odor and decomposable aromatic amine dyes.

According to the degree of contact between textile products and human body and the special conditions of infants, the textile products are classified as: Class A:

After 1 years' pition 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 are too high?

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 formaldehyde from buying curtains

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.

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.