This year's 3-year-old Xiaobei (pseudonym) frequently caught colds and fell ill, at first parents thought that the child was young and weak, and did not pay enough attention until the symptoms became more and more serious...
A few days ago, Xiaobei was diagnosed with leukemia in the hospital. It is understood that Xiaobei had lived in a new house that had been renovated for less than three months before being diagnosed, and the doctor considered that the formaldehyde in the decoration materials affected the child's health and induced leukemia.
This disease is so dangerous that the baby has to draw blood, prick needles almost every day, and often have to do bone punctures. The baby is only three years old, what a sin!
After the incident, after testing, the new house they lived in seriously exceeded the formaldehyde standard!
Why is excessive formaldehyde becoming more and more common?
With the vigorous development of the decoration industry in mainland China, the quality problems of the indoor environment have gradually emerged. In recent years, domestic rental houses, schools, kindergartens, and residents' homes have continued to have excessive formaldehyde incidents.
The main reasons for the increasing prevalence of formaldehyde are as follows:
1. Pollution of home decoration materials: Because the building materials, coatings, floors, wallpapers and other materials commonly used in modern home decoration will contain volatile organic compounds such as formaldehyde, the risk of excessive formaldehyde content will increase if the decoration is not thoroughly ventilated or if you choose to move in directly and quickly.
In addition, the furniture cabinet we make is not well ventilated inside the cabinet itself, and the formaldehyde release is blocked, so it will exist for a longer time. In addition, curtains, sofas, and even your clothes will also have formaldehyde!
2. Poor indoor air circulation: If the ventilation facilities at home are not perfect, or the indoor ventilation is poor, it will lead to a decrease in indoor air quality and excessive formaldehyde content. Ventilating the room frequently to promote indoor air circulation can improve comfort and prevent some diseases. If the indoor ventilation is not good and the air circulation is not smooth, the indoor air will become very turbid, and the risk of excessive formaldehyde content will be greater.
Formaldehyde is not new to us, and even some people are very afraid of formaldehyde, after all, because of formaldehyde, the number of white blood diseases in the mainland is also increasing every year, so we must have a deep understanding of formaldehyde.
We need to know what formaldehyde is, what are the characteristics of formaldehyde, so for interior decoration, formaldehyde and other toxic substances, what pollution will be caused, this is what we need to know clearly.
Formaldehyde is a colorless gas with a pungent odor, formaldehyde is relatively soluble in water and ethanol, 40% of the aqueous solution does not become formalin, formaldehyde also has the ability to reduce, in the vapor and air can form a mixture of bao, so it is very dangerous. In 2017, formaldehyde was included in the list of AI-causing substances by the World Health Organization's International AI Research Institute.
There are many reasons for indoor environmental pollution, among which decoration pollution caused by interior decoration materials and furniture accounts for a large proportion. Once these materials enter the room, they can cause diseases of the respiratory tract, digestive tract, neurological medicine, vision, etc. There are also a number of factors as to why:
1) The influence of indoor temperature
In autumn, when the heating is turned on and the space begins to heat up, a large amount of formaldehyde will be released on the floor, and the amount of formaldehyde released will increase exponentially, and the accumulation of indoor closure is no less than that in summer.
2) Increased indoor activity
As the weather gets colder, we go out less often and spend more time indoors. Living in a closed formaldehyde latent environment for a long time, the ventilation conditions are also poor, which is extremely harmful to the health of family members, especially the elderly, pregnant women, children and the infirm.
As fitness Xi changes and everyone adapts to indoor fitness, outdoor fitness is becoming more and more difficult. The increase in exercise and the lack of good ventilation conditions lead to the inhalation of a large number of harmful substances in the indoor air by the human body.
Most modern people spend 90% of their time living and working indoors, and indoor air pollution in modern cities is twice as high as outdoor air pollution!
In particular, children are more susceptible to indoor air pollution than adults.
On the one hand, because children's bodies are growing, they breathe 50% more than adults and live indoors most of the time. Whether it's at home or at school, it's basically indoors, so we need to improve indoor air quality even more.
Pregnant women inhaling polluted air can lead to miscarriages, premature births, and fetal malformations, and poor development can affect childhood IQ;
Children are more susceptible to excessive formaldehyde due to height and physical problems. Some children's furniture, children's toys and children's room decorations have serious air pollution hazards.
People with chronic diseases and those who have just recovered from the disease live in contaminated homes, and their health is more likely to be affected, and they are more likely to develop and recur.
Faced with this situation, we cannot avoid it and can only try our best to solve indoor air pollution. There are many ways to do this, but few can really stand the test of effect and time.
For the health of your children and family, avoid falling into misconceptions about home improvement pollution control, and don't take it lightly before moving into a new home.
Many people will open windows for ventilation to remove formaldehyde.
When the windows are opened, the air pollutants are emitted freely, and the formaldehyde and PM2.5 concentrations are slowly decreasing, which seems reasonable and effective.
But when we close the doors and windows, because the formaldehyde pollutants in the room are still releasing formaldehyde, the formaldehyde concentration quickly exceeds the detection standards set by our country. This means that indoor formaldehyde pollution is a continuous release process.
Studies have shown that the release cycle of formaldehyde generally takes 3-15 years, and ventilation is not a reliable and effective method.
For the health of your family, you must choose a suitable formaldehyde removal product: when choosing a formaldehyde removal product, you must choose carefully and choose a product with guaranteed quality and good reputation. Here are some of the most effective formaldehyde removal products:
1: Olvway formaldehyde scavenger:
Alvis formaldehyde scavenger is a highly effective indoor air purifier specially designed for harmful substances such as formaldehyde, benzene, ammonia, etc. Its excellent scavenging efficiency can quickly penetrate and capture formaldehyde hidden inside structures such as plates, and then quickly decompose it into harmless carbon dioxide and water, and this decomposition process itself does not produce new harmful compounds, so it can effectively prevent the volatile release of formaldehyde from the source.
The ingredients of Alvis formaldehyde scavenger are safe and reliable, free of oxidants, alcohol and fragrances, and are very safe for families. Tested by professional testing institutions, the efficiency of this product to remove formaldehyde is as high as 91%, which is a favorable player for removing formaldehyde.
2: Activated carbon:
Activated carbon itself has a certain effect on the adsorption of harmful substances and volatile harmful gases, so it can be used to effectively adsorb formaldehyde, especially in the newly renovated indoor environment or in the case of excessive formaldehyde, it is an effective choice.
Three: Yiya formaldehyde deep scavenger: The composition of this formaldehyde scavenger is mild, which effectively improves the free state and the formaldehyde inside the plate, and the decomposition products are pollution-free.