The hazards of excessive formaldehyde in flame retardant clothing fabrics
The role of formaldehyde in Flame-retardant fabrics is to form a cross-linking agent with artificial resin to form a protective layer on the sample, which is easy to iron, anti-shrink, anti-wrinkle and easy to remove. functions such as pollution. However, excessive formaldehyde can be harmful to human health. Formaldehyde has a strong irritating effect on the skin and eye mucous membranes. If there is excessive formaldehyde in textiles, it will be gradually released during the wearing process, causing harm to the human body through the skin and respiratory tract. It is especially easy to irritate the skin and respiratory tract of infants and young children. Especially if infants and young children wear underwear close to the body, the harm will be even greater. When children are physically affected by wearing clothes with excessive formaldehyde, mild symptoms include tearing, coughing, contact dermatitis, and finger and nail pain. In severe cases, symptoms such as insomnia, dizziness, and headaches may occur. Wearing clothes with excessive formaldehyde for a long time and inhaling low-dose formaldehyde gradually accumulating can also cause chronic respiratory diseases, conjunctivitis, pharyngitis, asthma, bronchitis and other diseases, and may even induce cancer.
The limits for formaldehyde in the GB18401 National Basic Safety Technical Specifications for Textile Products are as follows:
Infant products (Category A), formaldehyde content 20mg/kg;
Direct contact with skin (Category B), formaldehyde content 75mg/kg;
Non-direct contact with skin (Category C), formaldehyde content 300mg/kg;
Consumer Guide:
① When purchasing Flame-retardant clothing, consumers should try to choose clothing sold by regular commercial enterprises, and pay attention to the content of product labels to ensure that they purchase satisfactory products.
② When using newly purchased flame-retardant clothing, consumers should wash it first to reduce the impact of fabric pH or discoloration on human skin.
③ When consumers buy flame-retardant clothing, try to choose light-colored products to prevent dark-colored products from fading due to dye fading. For dark-colored products, you can use white cloth to rub against the product. If the color fades, it must be an unqualified product and cannot be used. Buy.
④ When purchasing, you can ask the merchant to see if theFlame-retardant fabric has a test report from a formal testing agency. If there is no test report, you cannot purchase it.
⑤When purchasing flame-retardant clothing, especially flame-retardant, easy-iron clothing and flame-retardant printed paint clothing, first smell the clothing to see if there is a fishy or peculiar smell. If there is, do not buy it.
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