The flame retardant in the furniture is a "chronic poison".

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The flame retardant in furniture is seen as a good way to prevent fire, but several studies of animals and humans have shown that household products containing flame retardants gradually release toxic chemicals, especially in the event of rupture, toxic substances will be "sprayed" into the dust or sucked into the lungs, resulting in hormonal imbalances, affecting brain development, especially pregnant women if they are exposed to excessive exposure, will directly lead to low birth weight, low IQ and impaired behavior of newborn babies. Add flame retardant to prevent fire, this is good intentions, did not expect to become a chronic poison.flame retardants are widely usedharmful flame retardants mainly refer to two chemicals: one is trihydroxymethane, is a chlorine-containing carcinogenic flame retardant, due to its potential health risks, as early as 1977 has been strictly prohibited for infant clothing, but in the sofa and other furniture is still not specified; The other is PentaBDE. These flame retardants are often added to furniture, as well as electronic appliances such as computers, televisions and telephones, for fire protection.flame retardants bromine flame retardants detected in harmful breast milkadd flame retardants to prevent fire, this is good intentions, but if flame retardants are harmful to human health, but may endanger health. A large number of studies have proved that bromine flame retardants can penetrate the environment and accumulate in living organisms over time, disrupt endocrine activity, affect thyroid function regulation, cause hormonal disorders, affect brain development, especially pregnant women if exposed too much, will directly lead to low birth weight, low IQ and impaired behavior of newborn babies.california passed a law 30 years ago requiring the heavy use of flame retardants for fire prevention, the standard for the use of brominated diphenyl ethers is much higher than in the rest of the United States. Furniture flame retardants detected in California homes are 10 times higher than in other parts of the United States and 200 times higher than in Europe. The scientific community's concerns about the health effects of bromine-containing flame retardants stem first from a follow-up study of POPs in Swedish mothers' milk. Since the 1970s, the PBDE content of Swedish mothers' milk has been on the rise. In addition, California infants and young children generally have higher levels of brominated diphenyl ethers in their blood than their mothers.domestic and foreign system is not , California residents in the United States dust containing flame retardant content has already exceeded the safety limit. In 32 different dust samples, 55 different flame retardant compounds were detected, some of which were strong enough to cause cancer. Adding flame retardants to furniture has always been a trend in europe and the United States furniture industry, there are many voices in China and the country to introduce flame retardant standards, but with the introduction of a series of environmental protection policies in Europe and the United States, the development of flame retardants in recent years has been limited, categories have been further screened. That is why, after 2005, some United States producers began voluntarily discarding the bromine flame retardant, which has also been abandoned in most developed countries. At present, There are two standards related to flame retardants in China: 1, 2012, the new standard for the limit of harmful substances for plastic furniture GB28481-2012, and in July 2013 officially implemented. The standard for the use of PBBs and PBDEs, two major types of bromine flame retardants, gives a specific limit indicator: no more than 1000 mg per kilogram of added;2, 2006 by the Ministry of Public Security developed GB20286-2006 "public places flame retardant products and components combustion performance requirements and identification", the standard is mainly for public places of products (including sofas) flame retardant performance control, such as hotels and other sofas, mattresses and so on. "For furniture in these public places, only its flame retardant properties are currently required to be tested, and there is no limit or ban on bromine flame retardants."How to avoidIn accordance with the national "flame retardant products marking management measures (implementation)" provisions, flame retardant products should be tested by the relevant inspection institutions, and the application of flame retardant products logo, consumers should recognize at the time of purchase. In order to avoid the effects of flame retardants on human health in furniture, the following recommendations are made: 1. It is best to buy household items of natural materials such as linen or wool, which themselves have fire-resistant properties.。 2. When household items are damaged, replace them in time.。 3. Usually use a wet cloth to wipe away the dust from the home, or vacuum the vacuum cleaner to remove the dust.。 4. Wash your hands often, contact with household products must thoroughly wash your hands, reduce the number of flame retardants entering the human body.。 5. Room as much ventilation as possible. This can directly reduce the concentration of indoor flame retardant pollutants, as long as the outdoor air is good, winter day window closed at night, summer can be open 24 hours.。 6. In winter electric blanket, if you buy a flame retardant mattress, will speed up the volatile flame retardant agent in the mattress, and volatile flame retardant particles are likely to attach directly to the electric blanket or cotton quilt, so if the winter electric blanket, should be more electric blanket and cotton to be taken out to sunbathe.home clothing attention to prevent cancercancer is a terrible disease, so we are very careful in the ordinary life, I do not know that many materials in the home have carcinogens, will always affect our health. Therefore, in the home installation process, we should pay attention to cancer prevention. 1, avoid the use of artificial sheet the adhesive used in artificial sheet contains a large number of formaldehyde, formaldehyde has a strong smell, is one of the very important killers of cancer, so in the home installation process to avoid the choice of artificial plate furniture, you can choose some solid wood furniture is relatively safe, solid wood furniture is less glue content, pollution is relatively small. 2, smaller rooms to avoid the placement of new furniture for the smaller rooms in the home as far as possible do not place new homes, small room air circulation is not very good, new furniture inside the harmful gas is not easy to discharge out, even if we can not smell the pungent taste does not mean that they do not exist, small editor suggested that we should pay attention. 3. Avoiding the use of marble and granite radon is a cause of lung cancer, and many patients with lung cancer on the surface of the World Health Organization study are due to the large amount of radon in their bodies, but radon is hidden in materials such as granite and marble, and the average radon content per cubic meter of space increases by 100 bakers, thus increasing the risk of lung cancer. 4, do not use oily paint in the choice of paint when we try to choose water-like paint, water-like paint is more environmentally friendly, will not cause any harm to the human body. However, oily paint is different, will cause a lot of damage to our bodies, it contains organic solution volatile when it emits a pungent smell. 5, the bathroom try not to put disinfection liquid We bathe in the bathroom, if the plug of the disinfectant potion is not tightened, it will evaporate into the air, which will stimulate our respiratory tract, will cause leukemia, cancer and other diseases. So we should be careful not to put disinfectant in the bathroom.
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