Shanghai Consumer Protection Committee tested 15 children's paint

In order to create an environment-friendly and safe living environment for children, many parents often choose children's paint when decorating These coating products claimed to be specially designed for children are generally more expensive than ordinary interior wall coatings, but are environmental protection and safety performance better than ordinary coatings? Recently, the Shanghai Municipal Commission of consumer protection issued the "comparative test results of children's paint in 2020": there are two samples with high VOC content and TVOC release ("Fanzhu children's paint" and "xigavini children's paint 5870-4"), exceeding the relevant standards of children's paint; two samples (interior latex (interior wall paint) "and" xigavini children's paint " 5870-4 "), APEO content is far beyond the requirements of children's coatings, with the maximum exceeding 106 times In addition, there are 4 samples with poor washing resistance and 3 samples with poor comprehensive stain resistance The test results of 15 samples of harmful substances meet the requirements of the national standard for common interior wall coating In this comparative test, ordinary consumers are simulated 15 pieces of nominal children's paint or coating products claimed to be suitable for decoration of children's houses are purchased from large-scale decorative material stores and online integrated e-commerce platforms, including 6 pieces offline and 9 pieces online The samples cover duluxi, Nippon, sankeshu and other mainstream brands in the market, with prices ranging from 375.15 yuan / barrel to 2060 yuan / barrel In consideration of children's preference for color, the color of the sample purchased this time is light blue Except that 3 samples are provided with matching color paste by the manufacturer, and the color matching of other samples is completed by the manufacturer It is understood that in 2017, the national standard for children's coatings was launched, and the severity of some harmful substances indexes was much higher than that of ordinary interior wall coatings, and environmental protection indexes such as the content of alkylphenol polyoxyethylene ether (hereinafter referred to as APEO) were introduced for the first time (see table 1 for details) On the basis of the national compulsory standards, the test method and limit requirements of relevant children's coatings are referred to in this comparative test The harmful substances, including volatile organic compounds (hereinafter referred to as VOC), soluble heavy metals and physical properties are tested and evaluated The results show that the hazardous substances in this comparative test are all in line with the national standard requirements of common interior wall coating, but compared with the children's coating standard, some data are still far behind [VOC and TVOC] VOC is the abbreviation of VOC, which exceeds the relevant standards of children's paint There are various kinds of VOC, including formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, benzene, toluene, propanol, dichloromethane, acetone and other chemicals Indoor VOC mainly comes from the wall paint, furniture, floor, etc used in decoration When the VOC content in the room reaches a certain concentration, people will feel headache and nausea in a short period of time, or even lead to aplastic anemia, acute leukemia, bone marrow abnormalities, cancer and other serious consequences, which can not be underestimated Children's physique is weak, high VOC content or release may affect their health In this comparative test, the VOC content and TVOC release of two samples are too high to match the relevant standards of children's paint, namely "Fanzhu children's paint" and "xigavini children's paint 5870-4" Among them, the nominal importer is "segavini children's paint 5870-4" (nominal trademark: selectone) of Shanghai SIgA Paint Technology Co., Ltd., with VOC content of 53g / L (reference value of children's paint standard: ≤ 10g / L), TVOC release of 19.0mg/m3 (reference value of children's paint standard: ≤ 3.0mg/m3), which are 4.3 times and 5.3 times higher than the national standard of children's paint respectively In addition, the nominal Fanzhu children's paint (specification and model: fz-n9001, 5L), VOC content is 34g / L, TVOC release is 14mg / m3, which are 2.4 times and 3.6 times higher than the national standard of children's paint respectively [APEO content] the detection value of two samples exceeds the standard, of which one sample exceeds the standard by 106 times It is understood that APEO is the abbreviation of alkylphenol polyoxyethylene ether compound and an environmental hormone Industry insiders said that if the human body excessive intake of this material, will lead to human reproductive system distortion What's more, once ingested, it can't be metabolized The impact of APEO on human body and environment has been widely concerned The national standard GB / T 34676-2017 interior wall coating for children's room decoration requires APEO content ≤ 100mg / kg However, in some industry standards, such as technical requirements for water-based coatings of environmental labeling products, APEO shall not be added artificially, and JG / T 481-2015 low volatile organic compounds (VOC) water-based interior wall coating materials, it is also specified that APEO shall not be included in the products In this comparative test, APEO content of two samples far exceeds the requirements of national standards, namely "interior latex" and "sigavini children's paint 5870-4" Among them, interior latex (interior wall coating) sold by Shanghai Liannian Industrial Co., Ltd (nominal trademark: harmony) has an APEO content of 10724mg / kg, 107 times of the national standard limit requirements [heavy metals] 15 products all performed well One sample from sankeshu detected trace chromium Many parents also paid high attention to the content of heavy metals in children's coatings In addition, 15 products were tested for soluble heavy metals Detection items of soluble heavy metals include antimony, arsenic, barium, cadmium, lead, chromium, mercury, selenium and hexavalent chromium The test results also show that the 15 products perform well in heavy metal projects However, there is also a product detected in trace amounts of chromium New children's health wall finish (nominal trademark: three trees; nominal specification and model: interior wall finish, premium, 5L) produced by three trees paint Co., Ltd is nominal The detection value of chromium is 4mg / kg, while the maximum limit value of chromium in relevant standards of children's paint is 60mg / kg In contrast, the other 14 products were not detected [physical properties] the washing resistance of 4 samples is poor The comprehensive stain resistance of 1 sample is 0 Children are lively and active, which will inevitably stain the wall The coating with good physical properties not only makes the stains easy to handle, but also can prolong the service life of the coating Washability mainly considers the number of times that the paint bears daily scrubbing The comprehensive ability of stain resistance mainly simulates the stain resistance of the wall paint (this test simulates six kinds of daily stains) and the difficulty of cleaning In this comparative test, 4 samples have poor washing resistance and 3 samples have poor stain resistance Fenlin children's painting interior wall paint (nominal trademark: tikkurila; nominal specification and model: fl-033.37kg) produced / distributed by digurila (China) paint Co., Ltd and shunawan polar gorgeous wall paint (nominal trademark: polarweiss; nominal specification and model: 5L) produced / distributed by shunawan (Chengdu) household Co., Ltd., with comprehensive stain resistance capacity (≥ 45) Both were 0 The healthy baby children's paint (nominal trademark: Tu Ba; nominal specification and model: a1603) produced by Guangdong Jiangmen Tu Ba Building Materials Industry Co., Ltd has only 10 times of washability and 0 comprehensive stain resistance, indicating that the product is not dirt resistant, not suitable for cleaning, and has poor ability of washing and wiping resistance Attachment: comparison test results of children's coatings in 2020