Gansu monitoring: paint pass rate is low, wallpaper has a safety risk.

China Paint Network
News: Lanzhou, December 17 (Reporter Liang Jun) Gansu Province Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau recently carried out risk monitoring of home improvement products found that the decoration of the use of
coatings
product pass rate of only 20%, some wallpaper products formaldehyde and radon elements there is a greater security risk.
paint used for home decoration is one of the main sources of indoor VOC. VOC is a volatile organic compound, in the bedroom VOC reached a certain concentration, will hurt the human liver, kidneys, brain and nervous system, resulting in memory loss and other serious consequences.
Gansu Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau on Lanzhou and other 7 cities and states 50 batches of solvent-based coating products VOC content project indicators for risk monitoring found that 40 batches of products do not meet the requirements. The Bureau prompts consumers to choose and use solvent-based coatings as far as possible to choose low VOC products, such as
water-based coatings
,
powder coatings
, high-solid and low-adhesive coatings.
monitoring results of the Gansu Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau on the quality and safety risks of wallpaper products showed that 3 of the 40 samples collected did not meet the standard limit requirements, of which formaldehyde and vanadium elements had greater safety risks. The bureau prompts consumers that if they smell a pungent smell of wallpaper, it is likely that formaldehyde, vinyl chloride and other volatile substances are high. After decoration should maintain ventilation, planting hanging orchids, aloe vera, tiger tail orchids and other plants to absorb formaldehyde.