Children's furniture angular formaldehyde is potentially dangerous

There are children at home, and parents always want to give him the best. In many people, children have their own separate rooms. Many parents are willing to spend money on the layout of the children's rooms, willing to spend time and choose carefully. Pieces of brightly colored, beautiful-looking children's furniture finally moved back home. The children were happy and the adults were content. However, some children's furniture can bring unexpected dangers to children.

Children's furniture market

It is an important part of the new national standard to minimize the release of harmful substances in furniture and eliminate potential hidden dangers to children's health. According to incomplete statistics, there are currently more than 60,000 furniture factories registered in the industry and commerce across the country. In addition, there are some small workshop furniture factories with front shops and back factories, which has also caused a mixed fish market in the furniture market. A manufacturer that wholesales children's furniture for kindergartens was found on the Internet. The company's homepage introduces that the company has a strong technical force and economic foundation, a sound management system, and its products are exported to more than 30 countries and regions such as the United States, Thailand, and Russia.

I found this furniture factory in a courtyard on the outskirts of Beijing. There is a warehouse in the yard with a room of game equipment and children's furniture. Based on the purchase of a children's bed, I asked to see the quality test report of the product. I did not expect that the person in charge of the manufacturer was very calm, saying that these things do not need a test report.

The production process like this obviously has great potential for environmental protection. But the furniture assembled here turned into a high-end product.

Formaldehyde exceeds the standard and becomes a child killer

The environmental standards that consumers are most concerned about are also clearly stipulated in the new national standard. The new standard places strict limits on 10 toxic and hazardous substances such as formaldehyde and decomposable aromatic amines.

Formaldehyde is a type of carcinogen recognized by the World Health Organization. Long-term inhalation of excessive formaldehyde can easily cause nasopharyngeal cancer, sinus cancer, and induce leukemia. If the formaldehyde exceeds the standard, the harm to children is more serious than adults.

Pan Jingxin, three and a half years old, has been in the hospital for five months. Xiao Jingxin had acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The doctor judged Xiao Jingxin's family and determined that her illness was most likely related to her air quality.

Last year, the Jingnan couple spent more than 700,000 to buy a second-hand house and renovated it. After adding new furniture, the family moved in. Unexpectedly, within a year, Jing Xin fell ill.

Does the furniture in Xiaojingxin's room meet the environmental protection requirements? The reporter commissioned a professional to do the test. The final conclusion is that the air formaldehyde content of the tested user's home is 0.38mg / cm, and the standard should be less than or equal to 0.10mg / cm, which exceeds the standard by 2.8 times.

Excess formaldehyde can induce leukemia, and Xiao Jingxin is living in an environment where formaldehyde exceeds the standard. With the improvement of people's awareness of environmental protection, many people have chosen simple decoration, which greatly reduces the possibility of pollution of decoration materials. But whether the furniture meets environmental standards, it is difficult for consumers to judge with the naked eye. If consumers want to test furniture, they must destroy the furniture. It is this dilemma that has made some bad businessmen take advantage.

Furniture corners bring danger to children

Children's furniture looks beautiful and stylish, but some are substandard products, because the corners of furniture are right angles. In the newly implemented "General Technical Conditions for Children's Furniture" that began on August 1, 2012, products should not have dangerous sharp edges and tips, and edges and edges should be rounded or chamfered. This is a mandatory provision for the safety of children's furniture.

In a large furniture city in Beijing, most of the brand's children's furniture have been rounded at the tips and corners, but there are still some brands and batches of products that have not been processed, and these products are still being sold normally. The sales staff said yes In order to clear inventory.

However, in a furniture store in Tianjin, the same unqualified product, the sales staff seemed straightforward and said that the right angle cannot be changed. The machines imported from the United States are all pipelined and cannot be changed. In another store, facing the reporter's question, the salesperson said: We have been selling for 16 years. In Tianjin, no problem.

Children's furniture is different from adult furniture and requires some special safety design. For example, the new national standard also requires that cabinet-type closed furniture used by children should have a certain ventilation function, and the vents should be equipped with mesh or similar parts with good ventilation. This is to avoid suffocation of children hiding in the furniture. However, the actual implementation of this regulation concerning children's life safety is still not satisfactory.

Unqualified children's furniture looks beautiful, but it has both visible and invisible dangers. Visible dangers can be prevented, while unseen dangers are more likely to cause harm to children and families. The new national standard for children's furniture has been implemented for some time, but we still see from time to time violations of regulations and even sub-good practices. In order for the regulations to be truly implemented, it is necessary to increase investigation and punishment and increase the illegal costs of lawless persons.