The nation's first national standard for children's furniture will be implemented in 2011
A string of shocking numbers
Children's furniture frequently "quality door"
Excessive formaldehyde emission, unreasonable product structure leads to potential safety hazards, and the surface of products is painted with inferior paints and paints ... Children's furniture is frequently trapped in the "quality gate".
Today, the reporter inquired from the provincial and municipal quality supervision departments to analyze the situation of supervision and random inspection of children's furniture across the country in the past two years. According to incomplete statistics, in the first half of this year alone, there were more than 20 children's furniture manufacturers exposed by the quality supervision department. According to the results of a random inspection of children's furniture released by the Guangdong Quality Supervision Bureau, the 62 batches of children's furniture passed the qualification rate of only 67.7%, two batches of children's furniture exceeded the heavy metal standard, and three batches of children's furniture exceeded the formaldehyde emissions. The heavy metals in furniture are mainly lead, cadmium, chromium, etc., and one of the children's bedside cabinets has a measured value of soluble lead nearly 40 times higher than the standard.
A question often overlooked
Are heavy metals such as lead and cadmium exceeding the standard?
A reporter's investigation found that many parents buy children's furniture mainly based on the color and style of the furniture. Some parents are concerned about whether the formaldehyde content of the furniture exceeds the standard, but few parents have noticed that lead and cadmium, which are more harmful to children Equal heavy metals.
In many furniture sales stores in Yudaiqiao, merchants can provide a qualified test report for children's furniture. However, the sales staff said that the detection of toxic and hazardous substances in children's homes currently mainly measures the formaldehyde content, and few furniture manufacturers require the detection of heavy metal content during the inspection.
During the investigation, the reporter also found that the safety performance of many children's furniture is not optimistic. The corners of some furniture are very prominent and sharp, lacking the necessary protection measures for children; some homes have an automatic folding function, but few fixing screws, and may be injured once they are squeezed hard.
An embarrassment of standard application
Adult standards are not suitable for children
A person in charge of a local furniture manufacturing company in Chengdu told reporters that the domestic children's furniture manufacturing industry now can only apply the standard of adult furniture because of the lack of special production standards. "Children's furniture produced according to the standards of adult furniture may not be suitable for children in terms of safety performance and control of toxic and hazardous substances," the person in charge said, although the formaldehyde content in the furniture can meet national standards, adults and children have different affordability , No effect on the adult body does not mean that there is no harm to the child's body.
The person in charge revealed that the sampling rate of children's furniture has not been high in recent years, the main reason is "because most manufacturers focus on product styles and colors, they just want to attract children's attention in the first place. It is not enough to pay attention to quality issues, especially product safety performance. "
The heads of some other manufacturers also expressed their confusion. There is no special standard in the country, and manufacturers do not know how to produce safe and environmentally friendly children's furniture. "We call on the country to introduce special production standards for children's furniture as soon as possible. This is the only way to solve the existing problems."
What are the hazards of toxic and hazardous substances in children's homes?
In an interview with reporters, Professor Zhu of West China Hospital said that if the content of some volatile toxic substances in children's furniture exceeds the standard, it will cause pollution to indoor air and children's respiratory tract will be seriously damaged, causing them to suffer from tracheitis , Bronchitis and other respiratory diseases.
Wooden furniture will produce many highly toxic substances in the production process, and the heavy metal content of inferior paint is higher. At a distance of 1 meter from the ground, the concentration of lead in the air is 16 times that at 1.5 meters, and the height of children is just within this range.
Infants and young children often touch furniture with their hands, and can easily ingest a large amount of lead when sucking their fingers, and the absorption rate of lead by infants and young children themselves is very high, about 5 times that of adults. When lead enters the body, it can damage the nervous system, digestive system, and blood system. Lead poisoning can also seriously damage the liver. What's more serious is that the lead that enters the human body is difficult to be discharged.
10 kinds of substances such as formaldehyde and soluble heavy metals are clearly limited
Yesterday, the reporter learned from the Chengdu Municipal Quality Inspection Institute that the expert Li Longping of this institute went to Shenzhen on behalf of the Municipal Quality Inspection Institute to participate in the formulation of the "General Technical Conditions for Children's Furniture" standard. This standard is the first national compulsory standard for children's furniture in China and is currently in the final revision period. It is expected to be completed and issued next year.
Li Longping said that "General Technical Conditions for Children's Furniture" made it clear for the first time that children's furniture should be suitable for children aged 3 to 14, and the standard includes nine parts including the limit of toxic and hazardous substances and the use of safety warning signs.
Li Longping introduced that in addition to the detailed and clear regulations on the sharp corners, protruding parts, holes, gap size and stability performance of children's furniture, the standard has more strict restrictions on the control of toxic and hazardous substances. The limit of toxic and harmful substances is mainly for 10 types of formaldehyde and soluble heavy metals, which are similar to the relevant requirements of children's toys.
In addition, the standard also sets specific requirements for the dyes and PH values ​​of some upholstered furniture.
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