The safety of children's furniture that arouses all walks of life

Heavy-duty style structure is not firm

"I bought a wardrobe for my daughter, and I changed two in 3 years." Ms. Dou, a citizen of Guangzhou, said that many children's furniture designs are very good, and the cartoon shape is especially popular with children. However, I found out after buying it, there are many problems in use and the quality is especially It is unacceptable. The wardrobe door of a certain brand will be loosened after 3 months of use, and even if it is pulled for 1 year, the drawer will be scattered directly. It is understood that, before the 29 batches of unqualified children's furniture products discovered by the Guangdong Quality Supervision Bureau, 12 batches involved structural safety (edge ​​and cutting-edge), accounting for 40% of the total number of unqualified children.

Flower-shaped night lights, small cabinets decorated with bunny ears, butterfly-shaped drawer handles ... These lovely designs are often used in children's furniture. However, some parents report that many of the designs have sharp edges, and children easily touch their hands when opening the drawer. Children also like to play indoors. The home has sharp corners, which can easily hurt the body.

There are many hidden dangers of excessive formaldehyde content

The problem of excessive formaldehyde has been around for a long time. The news about excessive formaldehyde has been everywhere for a long time. When the pungent odor of formaldehyde has exceeded 4 to 8 times, it will cause harm to the human body, especially for children. . Children spend 80% of their time indoors. When children grow up and develop, their breathing volume is 50% higher than adults by weight. Therefore, children are more susceptible to indoor air pollution than adults, and furniture odors that are not easily noticeable by adults may have unconsciously affected children's breathing quality. When choosing colored fabrics to decorate a child's room, remember to soak the newly purchased fabrics in water for a period of time, rinse them repeatedly, and dry them before use. At the same time, you can choose an air purifier for indoor formaldehyde purification.

In a random inspection of Guangdong furniture, it was found that the pass rate of children's wooden cabinets was the lowest, only 59.5%. Among them, three batches of products were found to have exceeded the standard formaldehyde emissions. In the children's furniture on the market, artificial floors, interior decorations, and children's toys all have formaldehyde problems. Therefore, experts remind that on the one hand, in the decoration of children's rooms, materials that meet or exceed national standards should be selected. On the other hand, children should be strengthened. The indoor environment detection and purification of the room should also strengthen the ventilation of the children's room.

Bright furniture with high lead content

Some furniture store merchants claim that the children's furniture they sell is environmentally friendly and green products, which have been verified by the state. Walking into some children's furniture stores, you will find many cute and colorful children's furniture. However, as everyone knows, the brighter the furniture, the more paint contains lead. The heavy metals in furniture are mainly lead, cadmium, chromium, etc., which are harmful to human body, especially children. At a distance of 1 meter from the ground, the concentration of lead in the air is 16 times that at 1.5 meters, and the height of children is just within this range.

At present, most of the children's furniture on the market only indicates the content of formaldehyde, and there are almost no detection numbers for benzene and heavy metals. Many decorative materials such as wood coatings and interior wall paints contain lead. Some families like to decorate the rooms, especially the children's rooms, colorfully, which is more likely to cause lead pollution in the room air. However, some test reports only contain the harmful substance content of the board, but not the harmful substance content such as paint. Once this kind of furniture is put into the children's room, it will affect the children's health.

In all kinds of furniture, brightly colored lead paints account for a large proportion. Tests have shown that among the 23 samples of lead paint, orange paint has the highest lead content, and the rest are yellow, green, and brown.

Hazardous design if vents are not up to standard

China's first children's furniture mandatory national standards "Children's furniture general technical conditions", in effect from 1 August 2012. The new rules stipulate that when children's furniture products have airtight closed spaces (such as the space formed by doors or covers and other components), the closed continuous space is greater than 0.03 square meters, the internal dimensions are greater than or equal to 150 mm, and the single opening area should be 650 square Mm, two unobstructed ventilation openings at least 150 mm away, or a ventilation opening with an area equivalent to two 650 square millimeters, and the door cannot be equipped with an automatic locking device, the opening force should be small.

Some parents tend to ignore these issues when buying wardrobes or side cabinets for their children. Because the familiar adult furniture design has not emphasized this requirement. In fact, children ’s playful nature determines that they often like to drill into small spaces such as table bottoms, bed bottoms, wardrobes, closets, etc., and design vents for wardrobes or other closed furniture in children ’s rooms, which can effectively prevent The child suffered a tragedy such as suffocation after entering by mistake. Most of the children's furniture that will be phased out may have a lack of design in this regard. Before placing an order, be sure to check whether there are vents inside the furniture. The air permeability is good or not. Is it easy to open and close the cabinet door with a little force.