Are the shoes your child wears really healthy?
There are children in the family every year to buy all kinds of shoes for children, especially girls, eager to prepare a pair of various styles, but there are many shoes on the market are "toxic children's shoes", sampling is unqualified, serious will affect development and lead to precocious puberty, has been exposed by CCTV many times, so how should we tell whether the shoes are qualified, and how to choose? Come and come, pay attention to passers-by, listen to passers-by.
"Toxic Boy Shoes"
"Toxic children's shoes" refers to the shoes that fail to pass the quality inspection, in recent years, the mainland will conduct random inspections of children's shoes in different regions every year.
The results of the sampling inspection will be reported in CCTV's "Weekly Quality Report", in addition to the softness and hardness of the shoes, wear resistance, but also include heavy metals and chemical substances exceeding the standard, etc., long-term exposure to the child has a great impact.
CCTV has repeatedly exposed substandard children's shoes:
In June 2023, according to CCTV, the State Administration for Market Supervision conducted a total of 242 batches of children's shoes from 14 provinces including Zhejiang, Guangdong, and Fujian, including sports shoes, leather shoes, children's leather sandals, etc., and found that 51 batches of products were unqualified, with a failure rate of 21.1%.
In September 2023, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Supervision conducted random inspections of 89 batches of children's shoes on the market, of which 29 batches were unqualified.
In June 2020, according to CCTV, the Shanghai Municipal Consumer Protection Commission conducted random inspections on 50 batches of children's shoes, of which 11 were unqualified.
In January 2022, the Fujian Municipal Supervision Bureau sampled 80 batches of children's shoes in the city, of which 26 batches were unqualified, with a failure rate of 32.5%.
In July 2022, the Shandong Municipal Supervision Bureau announced the results of the random inspection, and a total of 66 batches of children's shoes were randomly inspected, of which 4 batches were unqualified, including some common well-known brands, such as "Ba Moudou", "Moutai", etc.
According to the data, from 2020 to 2023, the national quality inspection department has sampled a total of 3530 batches of children's shoes, of which 1036 batches are not up to standard, and the non-compliance rate is as high as 29.3%, what is the concept of this?
How terrible are the "poisonous children's shoes"?
These unqualified shoes involve safety mainly in terms of chemical substances (such as phthalates), heavy metals, formaldehyde and physical and mechanical safety, etc., which seriously affect the health of the main two points, one is phthalates, the other is heavy metals, long-term exposure to the child has a great impact on the body.
Phthalates are a common plastic plasticizer, which is used in many products, such as plastic products, toys, packaging, etc., mainly used to enhance elasticity and durability, etc., and there is no problem if it is used within the standard, and the limit requirement for the use of phthalates in mainland is ≤0.1%. However, in order to make the sole softer, many merchants will use excessive phthalates, resulting in excessive content.
Once it exceeds the standard of long-term contact is very dangerous, it mainly enters the human body through skin contact, inhalation, etc., studies have shown that phthalates will not only play a role similar to estrogen in the human body to affect endocrine, but also cause polyneuritis, numbness and other symptoms, serious will also lead to child development, precocious puberty and other problems.
In particular, many children under the age of 6 are prone to get sick from the mouth, either stuffing things directly in the mouth or putting them in the mouth without washing their hands, etc., and it is very dangerous to come into contact with "poisonous children's shoes" for a long time. Some countries have banned the use of phthalates in children's toys and childcare articles.
The second is that heavy metals exceed the standard, and some businesses will add various fuels in order to make the color of shoes more vivid, which eventually leads to excessive heavy metals. According to the test, the heavy metal hazards in children's shoes mainly come from lead and cadmium, and after the lead exceeds the standard, it will damage the central nervous system, affect the development of children's brains, and cause problems such as a decline in IQ. Cadmium is a harmful heavy metal that can accumulate in the human body for a long time, and the main harm is to the kidneys and bones, and long-term exposure can lead to kidney failure and cancer.
How to choose and distinguish children's shoes?
As the saying goes, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step", especially for children in the developing period, it is very important to choose a suitable and healthy pair of children's shoes. According to the data, 99% of children are born with healthy feet, but when they grow up, many children will become inward, flat feet, hallux valgus and other problems, of which 90% of foot problems are related to wearing inappropriate shoes when they were young, so how do we choose?
First of all, we should consider the quality and safety issues, and when purchasing, we should be optimistic about the implementation standards, product specifications, fiber composition and content and other parameters, and then through "smelling, pinching" and other methods. Smell refers to the smell, do not choose a strong odor, this kind of means that there are more harmful substances; pinch refers to pinch the front and heel of the shoes, you need to have a certain hardness, there is a fold of the shoes, the toe is too soft is not good, as shown in the figure below, the normal bend at 1/3 can be.
Nowadays, there are more and more styles of children's shoes, such as small leather shoes, snow boots, flatform shoes, flip-flops, etc., but there are many that are not suitable for children to wear for a long time, such as summer cave shoes, which attract many adults because of their cheap price, beautiful color, and convenient wear. But it is very dangerous, many of the materials on the market are unqualified, followed by soft shoes, shopping and escalators are very dangerous, there have been many cases of shoes rolled into the elevator.
So when choosing shoes, not only should they look good, but also fit the children, okay, here today, pay attention to the passers-by, listen to the passers-by, we will see you next time.