When it comes to formaldehyde, everyone will think of decoration at the first time, and the formaldehyde in the paint will seriously threaten our health and safety. At the same time, more and more formaldehyde poisoning incidents in recent years have made people dare not relax their vigilance.
Even a little formaldehyde in the home is a fatal blow for infants and young children. Almost every year, tens of thousands of infants and children are hospitalized because of formaldehyde, and even have sequelae, which can be seen from here that formaldehyde has no benefit for the human body.
And formaldehyde is also very common in common homes at home, and even many people don't know which furniture has formaldehyde, let's take a look at the "old poison" hidden in our lives.
Sofa covers, curtains and other soft furnishings
For curtains and sofa covers, many people will wonder how these things can have formaldehyde. However, the reality of curtains does contain formaldehyde, because chemical additives containing formaldehyde are used in the production process of curtains. There are no benefits to using such curtains for a long time, and they will not be easily noticed.
When buying curtains, many consumers like to buy curtains with very bright colors, which are both beautiful and full of practicality. In order to maintain the brightness and anti-wrinkle performance of the curtains, businesses will add a large number of chemical additives, and formaldehyde exists in these chemical additives.
And this kind of curtain has a very strong pungent smell, if the purchased curtain has a strong smell, then it basically contains formaldehyde.
And the sofa in our home is usually covered with a sofa cover, mainly because of the fear of dust falling. But the formaldehyde in this sofa cover is also a hazard that cannot be underestimated. Most of the fabric sofa covers are made of wood-based panels, and some of the inferior wood-based panels are the main source of formaldehyde.
Including the printing on the sofa cover, natural dyes cannot dye bright colors, and this process is the same as the process of making curtains. A large number of chemical additives are used to render the print, and the seemingly colorful colors and prints hide a large amount of formaldehyde.
At the same time, the wood-based panel frame used in the sofa also has the risk of formaldehyde pollution, although many people who sell sofas say that there is no formaldehyde, and it is difficult for consumers to detect it. There is also the padding in the sofa, if you use inferior materials, it will also emit formaldehyde, which will also affect the life of the sofa.
Inferior furniture
I believe that many people will buy very cheap wooden furniture online, and consumers will think that they have found a treasure. But danger often lurks in it, and these cheap furniture are likely to be promoted by merchants, and most of them are inferior furniture.
In order to reduce costs, businesses will use inferior adhesives containing a large amount of formaldehyde, and the long-term use of these furniture will not only lead to excessive indoor formaldehyde concentration, but also affect human health and cause serious harm.
There is also a dining table that we ignore the key point, many businesses will play a completely formaldehyde-free slogan to promote, consumers are also convinced of this, after all, they don't know how to distinguish when they buy home. In order to make more profits, some black-hearted merchants use man-made panels containing formaldehyde for manufacturing.
The formaldehyde content in composite wood flooring is also jaw-dropping, although wooden flooring is very beautiful in the home, and the wooden material also adds a lot of color to the home. For a long time, wooden flooring has been the first choice for people to decorate, and since the quality problems of wooden flooring have been exposed, it has slowly withdrawn from the ranks of decoration.
Common laminate flooring generally refers to two kinds of laminate flooring and composite solid wood flooring, including PVC composite flooring, bamboo and wood flooring, cork flooring and so on. If the inferior wooden floor is soaked in water, the consequences of blistering will occur.
Even if it is an inferior laminate wood floor, the merchant will be shoddy, claiming that it is all solid wood flooring. In this case, consumers are often unable to distinguish between them, and can only be fooled into buying inferior flooring.
Because a large number of composite panels are used, it will also lead to the production of a large number of toxic gases such as formaldehyde, and this environment is simply inhabitable. The most fundamental reason is because of the cost, after all, the price of inferior wood is cheap, and consumers will not distinguish at all, which also makes consumers unable to prevent it, on the other hand, merchants make a lot of money.
wallpaper
For decoration, some people like to decorate the walls of their home by sticking wallpaper, compared to the traditional way, there are more options for wallpaper, and you can also customize the wallpaper according to your liking.
However, if it is a relatively inferior wallpaper, it will carry a large amount of formaldehyde, which will cause health hazards. The first is the PVC material wallpaper, PVC wallpaper will produce a large amount of formaldehyde in the production, in the process there will be an aldehyde and aldehyde reduction way, so that the wallpaper carries a large amount of formaldehyde.
Some wallpaper printing is also the main culprit of formaldehyde, this complex printing needs to be painted rail to produce, and an ink substance containing formaldehyde will be added in the process. In a closed environment, formaldehyde cannot be removed, and the superposition of this in the long run can be imagined as harmful to the human body.
mattress
With the development of society, people also attach great importance to sleep quality, and many people will choose spring mattresses, which do not have formaldehyde. However, in recent years, the materials of mattresses can be described as diverse, among which palm mattresses contain a lot of formaldehyde.
Palm mattresses will not actually cause the production of formaldehyde, but a large amount of glue will be added in the production process, of which urea-formaldehyde resin is the main source of formaldehyde, when the indoor temperature rises, the formaldehyde in urea-formaldehyde resin will volatilize into the air.
The second is the formaldehyde produced by latex mattresses, natural latex itself does not produce formaldehyde, because it is a substance extracted from the emulsion of rubber trees. If the production process is strictly implemented in accordance with environmental protection standards, no formaldehyde containing substances will be added.
However, some businesses do not use natural latex for manufacturing, using a non-emulsion-polymerized rubber latex. Moreover, this synthetic latex has a serious pungent smell and also contains formaldehyde.
In order to save costs, businesses use synthetic latex to make mattresses or pillows. And the propaganda also claims that it is made of natural latex, and consumers often only see the comfort of using latex products, while the bigger crisis is hidden. Long-term use of such formaldehyde-containing mattresses and pillows can be imagined to cause harm to the human body.
Formaldehyde is harmful to the human body
Long-term inhalation of formaldehyde can irritate the mucous membranes of the human respiratory tract. Causes symptoms such as cough, dry throat, sore throat, dizziness, headache, etc. If exposed to high concentrations of formaldehyde, it can also cause chronic respiratory diseases, bronchitis, emphysema, etc.
If there are infants and young children in the family, it will also cause serious consequences, because infants and young children are in rapid development, and the amount of formaldehyde absorbed is generally twice that of adults. There are also infants and young children with low immunity, which can easily cause formaldehyde poisoning.
The harm of formaldehyde has been deeply rooted in our lives, but it is also difficult to completely eliminate formaldehyde. It is believed that formaldehyde is present in many people's homes.
According to the relevant survey results, formaldehyde in houses can last for 3-15 years. Even some investigators were still able to detect formaldehyde in 14-year-old houses.
How to remove formaldehyde
The easiest way to effectively remove formaldehyde is to ventilate the house to expel harmful gases from the outside. Although this method is simple, it is not easy to completely remove formaldehyde. After all, formaldehyde can survive for 3-15 years, and it is obviously unrealistic to eliminate formaldehyde through ventilation.
For formaldehyde, some people use air purifiers, but they must choose purifiers with formaldehyde removal functions. After all, the filter element of this type of purifier is made of activated carbon and photocatalyst, which can effectively remove formaldehyde. However, consumers will not tell whether the air purifiers on the market have the function of removing formaldehyde.
Even if the merchant advertises that it has the function of removing formaldehyde, consumers are not sure whether it is effective. Therefore, it is more reassuring to ask a professional formaldehyde removal company, and of course, it is necessary to find a qualified company to achieve the purpose of removing formaldehyde.
These furniture containing formaldehyde is believed to be available to many people at home, and everyone should carefully check the qualifications and materials when shopping, and do not be deceived by the rhetoric of the merchants.