Benzene and formaldehyde contamination causes a surge in children with leukemia

yesterday, reporters from Nanjing City Association was informed that in the past year, the design and decoration of pollution complaints become a hot spot, the number of complaints in the forefrontNanjing Children's Hospital related sources revealed that improper decoration caused by indoor environmental pollution, in recent years, children's leukemia patients significantly increased a causeThe problem of interior decoration pollution is another alarm bellhome decoration pollution let the child suffer
In February 2004, the family lived in Nanjing City, The Lower Guan District, MrLi and his wife added a baby son, the birth of the son so that MrLi's son is immersed in happinessIn order to let the baby grow up to have a small world of his own life, MrLi early for his son to do preparationAt the end of last year, MrLi and his wife discussed, found a decoration company, for his son's bedroom to decorate, by the way the whole house was repaintedNot long after the decoration, the family moved into the house with great joyA month later, MrLi's son suddenly cried all night, but he didn't find anything unusual about the childA few days later, MrLi took the child to a hospital in the district to see a doctor, who knows after the examination, the doctor actually told MrLi a startling bad news: "the child has a blood problem, may have leukemia." MrLi, who had come back to God for a few days, couldn't believe the doctor's words, so he took his children to Jiangsu Provincial People's HospitalAfter the child's examination, the doctor said the child was only having too low a certain amount of content in the blood and did not have leukemiaAfter learning that MrLi's house had just been renovated, the doctor advised MrLi to quickly find the relevant departments for the decoration of the house for testing, and said that the child's illness may be related to the decoration of the houseAfter testing, MrLi's house of methanol and benzene slightly exceeded the standardIn order not to let the child suffer again, MrLi's family has so far dare not live in the newly renovated housethe harm caused by indoor decoration pollution to people and the reforesting has attracted the attention of the relevant departments of the state, on March 1, 2003, China's first "indoor air quality standards" was officially implementedAccording to data released by the Ministry of Construction and the China Consumer Association, there were 12,000 complaints about the sale and decoration of houses in 2004During the same period, the number of deaths caused by indoor air pollution in the country each year has reached 111,000, or about 304 per day, equivalent to the number of people killed in car accidents every day in the countryAmong these patients, children are the most threatened group of people in decoration contaminationbenzene and formaldehyde may trigger leukemia
yesterday, reporters learned from Nanjing Children's Hospital, in recent years, children with leukemia patients have a clear trendMost of the children with leukemia who come to the hospital each year have been renovated in their homes within six months According to experts at the hospital, some children due to accidental exposure to chemicals and disease, and some because the home bought not meet the environmental requirements of new furniture, resulting in a reduction in platelets After summing up, children's medical experts speculate that indoor environmental pollution caused by improper decoration is a cause of a significant increase in childhood leukemia patients in recent years Director of hematology at Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital Li also said that the biggest cause of leukemia is radiation and pollution, indoor pollutants in benzene and formaldehyde are indeed related to the onset of leukemia, and viral factors and genetic defects, such as the probability of inducing leukemia is much smaller than benzene and formaldehyde benzene and formaldehyde what kind of harm to the human body? According to experts in the hematology department of Nanjing Southeast University Hospital, formaldehyde is a colorless and soluble irritating gas that can be absorbed by the respiratory tract Long-term exposure to low-dose formaldehyde can cause chronic respiratory diseases, menstrual disorders in women, pregnancy syndrome, resulting in lower newborn body, chromosomal abnormalities, and even nasopharyngeal cancer High concentrations of formaldehyde are toxic to the nervous system, immune system, liver, etc Formaldehyde also has teratogenic and carcinogenic effects People who are exposed to formaldehyde for a long time can cause cancer in the nasal cavity, mouth, nasopharynx, throat, skin and digestive tract Formaldehyde mainly comes from building materials, decoration items and household goods and other chemical products benzene is a colorless liquid with a special aromatic fragrance, and is a kind of indoor volatile organic compound In poorly ventilated environments, short-term inhalation of high concentrations of benzene can cause acute benzene poisoning, which is dominated by the inhibition of the central nervous system Mild poisoning can cause drowsiness, headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, chest tightness, etc., and may have mild mucosal irritation symptoms Severe poisoning can lead to blurred vision, tremors, shallow and fast breathing, irregular heart rhythms, convulsions and coma Severe respiratory and circulatory failure, ventricular fibrillation, can occur in severe cases Benzene is mainly derived from organic solvents used in adhesives, paints, coatings and building materials used in decoration decoration pollution can last for 15 years
indoor environmental pollution caused by unqualified building materials also has long-term characteristics Li Wei, director of the Nanjing Indoor Environmental Monitoring Center, told reporters that studies show that pollution caused by slow release can last for four to 15 years and is difficult to detect Nanjing, Mr Zhang in the house decoration four years later, please indoor testing center for its house to do a comprehensive inspection, testing report is frightening, the air of formaldehyde emissions are still seriously exceeded signs of leukemia
if the child suddenly appears in the following situation, and has never appeared before, it may be a symptom of leukemia, parents should pay attention to: bone headache Because leukemia swells the bone marrow, the bone membrane is stretched, causing pain Especially in the upper and lower knees of the most obvious, is often mistaken for arthritis fever Fever irregular, sometimes high fever, sometimes low fever When you have a high fever, you can't control it with antibiotics is prone to bleeding, bleeding is severe Skin spots, and very severe, nose, teeth bleeding, bruising on the body, and suddenly serious bleeding, will continue to stop for a period of time, this phenomenon will gradually increase anemia Because of the reduction of red blood cells, children will appear anemia phenomenon, such as pale, lips, nails without blood color weak The spirit is very poor, like to stay quietly Even if the activity, not as excited as before, the activity will feel tired for a while have a poor appetite Children's appetites are getting worse and less interested in even their favorite foods increased lymph nodes Usually occurs in the neck, armpits, and generally do not feel pain or tenderness