Long -term exposure to formaldehyde can lead to irritation of the upper respiratory tract mucosa causing sneezing, sore throat, red eyes, nose burns, stimulating bronchial asthma, even pneumonia or more dangerous thanIncreased risk of blood cancer, leukemia or respiratory cancer such as nose, throat, lungs, ...
What is formaldehyde?
Formaldehyde is an organic compound, colorless and characterized by an unpleasant pungent odor.Formaldehyde is very volatile in the air.
Formaldehyde is often used in industrial furniture such as wooden floors, decorative items;Industrial glue;In fabric to prevent wrinkles and durable color for clothes;preserving test samples in medicine; ...
Unfortunately, many household items are not strictly controlled in the production process, which can lead to Formaldehyde residues - making users at risk if exposed to direct contact, especially for a long time.
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2 familiar items in the family can be "formaldehyde" dangerous for health
There are 2 household items that you need to pay attention:
- Cheap wallpaper
Wallpaper is considered the perfect solution to create accents for the room as well as help cover the peeling walls without want to paint.
Wallpaper can contain formaldehyde to improve durability, prevent mold moisture and increase adhesion ability on the wall surface.However, on the current market there are many types of cheap wallpaper with rubber smell, unpleasant smell - now it may be due to the amount of formaldehyde beyond the standard.
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In addition, phthalate plasticizers can be produced with wallpaper.The study has found that phthalate has the effect of causing fetal defects and causes certain mutations to animals.The influence of phthalates on humans has not been widely studied, but they are thought to be a chemical that causes hormonal disorders (EDC) that can change hormonal balance and potentially cause problems.Reproductive health, development and other issues.
Accordingly, a safe wallpaper for health must be a wallpaper of health -friendly origin, achieve safety standards, does not contain toxic ingredients such as heavy metals, phthalate, phthalate,Easy volatile compounds like formaldehyde, ...
This is also true for wall paints.To ensure safety, wait until the house paints all the smell for 7-10 days or after 2-3 weeks with difficult paints to fly and then in.
- New fabric curtain bought
Fabric curtains have the effect of shielding light, beautifying the house.But similar to wallpaper, the wash blinds can also residual formaldehyde in the process of dyeing fabric, anti -wrinkle or helping to block light and insulation better.
However, low -quality fabric curtains or buying curtains immediately without washing easy to make formaldehyde evaporate in the air and accidentally inhaled the respiratory tract causing disease.In addition, indoor fabric curtains are also at risk of accumulating "daily -life smoke" such as smoke, oil smoke when cooking, ... increasing the risk of lung disease, activating asthma attacks evencancer.
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With fabric curtains, you should wash regularly with specialized cleaning agents.Especially when buying, it is necessary to wash, especially when smelling the pungent smell from the fabric.
In addition to fabric curtains, mattresses, laminate flooring, laminate flooring using poor quality glue, ... also need to pay attention when used because these items are also very easy to accommodate large amounts of formaldehyde.If indoors are new to interior, should regularly open the door for air circulation, keep some trees with the function of filtering toxic substances in the indoor air, using the air purifier to filter activated carbon,... to minimize volatile chemicals in the air.
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