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    Industry | Guangxi Announces Test Results of 25 Coating Products

    • Last Update: 2021-04-30
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    On January 8, the Guangxi Consumer Rights Protection Committee announced the results of 25 paint comparison tests.
    The two indicators of "free formaldehyde" and "volatile organic compounds" of all samples met the requirements of national standards.
    25 products meet the requirements of the national standard.
    25 products meet the requirements of the national standard.
    According to the relevant person in charge of the Guangxi Consumer Council, consumers are increasingly demanding interior wall coating products such as latex paint , but the quality of coatings on the market and the purification of formaldehyde Performance is uneven.
    In order to guide consumers to purchase latex paint products scientifically, the staff randomly purchased some brands of interior wall latex paint products in Nanning, and commissioned a legal testing agency to conduct comparative tests.
    The person in charge of latex paint interior wall paint said that as a category 1 carcinogen, formaldehyde has been determined to be related to nasopharyngeal cancer, colon cancer, and brain tumors, and the release cycle of formaldehyde can be as long as 15 years.
    TVOC (the general term for total volatile organic compounds), contains a variety of carcinogens.
    When the concentration exceeds a certain concentration, people will feel headache, nausea, vomiting, and weakness in the limbs in a short period of time.
    In severe cases, they will have convulsions and coma.
    Memory loss.
    How to quickly remove harmful substances such as formaldehyde in the newly decorated environment is not only a topic of most concern to consumers, but also a major challenge facing the entire home improvement industry.
    Therefore, this comparative test focuses on the two items of "free formaldehyde" and "volatile organic compounds" that have important effects on the human body.
    The comparative test samples involved 25 varieties of 16 brands including Master Paint, Dulux, Bauhinia Paint, Dufang, among which 20 were topcoats and 5 were primers, with prices ranging from 143 yuan to 950 yuan.
    "In general, both indicators meet the requirements of national standards.
    Consumers who use these brands of interior wall coatings do not have to worry about pollution of free formaldehyde and volatile organic compounds in indoor living air.
    " The person in charge said that after testing , The quality of the samples submitted for inspection is good, of which 6 products have not been detected to contain free formaldehyde, and 16 products have not been detected to contain volatile organic compounds.
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