How to choose environmentally safe children's furniture

Nowadays, when parents decorate their houses, they want to give their children the best home, the safest and most beneficial growth space. In the face of a wide range of children's furniture on the market, how can we find safe, environmentally friendly and practical? Parents choose children's furniture to pay more attention to environmental issues. We use raw materials for children's furniture, namely wood, paint and glue. At the time, the environmental safety of children's furniture, as long as you notice this, parents can basically use it with confidence. Many parents hope to get information on children's furniture materials, paints used and environmental protection on the product label. This approach helps to quickly understand the basics of the chosen furniture.

First, the material of children's furniture

Some manufacturers in the market will emphasize "we are all solid wood furniture, meet the European standard E0 standard, no formaldehyde hazard" when propagating their own products. Even some manufacturers claim that "the water that has been soaked with our plate debris can be directly consumed, not affect health".

So what about these children's furniture? Let's look at some of the data below.

According to European environmental standards, wood products are divided into three levels according to the amount of formaldehyde released.

E0 grade (formaldehyde emission 0.5mg/L), E0 grade is the international to high health standard (excluding Japan).

E1 grade (formaldehyde emission 0.5mg/I~1.5mg/L), E1 environmental protection standard is the national mandatory health standard.

Class E2 (formaldehyde emission is greater than 1.5 mg/L).

The formaldehyde content of drinking water is 0.9 mg/l.

The above data indicates that the drinking water standard is greater than the E0 standard and is similar to the E1 level. This criterion is only a gimmick and has no theoretical basis.

Second, the glue

The main raw materials for the production of glue are polyvinyl alcohol, water, formaldehyde, urea, hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide, which are the largest sources of formaldehyde in home decoration. Some children's panel furniture is made by surface veneering such as medium-density fiberboard or particleboard. These artificial boards are made of non-toxic materials such as natural wood chips, hibiscus and shavings. In the case of plywood, 12 cm of plywood usually requires 3 to 4 layers of natural wood chips and 5 kg of glue. If there is formaldehyde in the glue, then the board is poisonous. Use these sheets to make furniture, and the furniture is poisonous. Therefore, try not to choose this material.

Third, paint

The commonly used furniture paints are oily paints and water-based paints. Oily furniture paint is a dilution of banana water or natural water, containing benzene, formaldehyde, VOC and other toxic and hazardous substances, the evaporation period is as long as 10 to 15 years. Water-based furniture lacquer is very environmentally friendly because it uses water as a thinner and has no pungent smell during construction or after construction. The difference in performance between water-based furniture paints and oil-based furniture paints can be compared from the appearance and microscopic comparison. Mainly can be divided into odor, grinding, construction, hiding power, hardness and other aspects to compare.

When buying children's furniture, how to judge whether it is water-based paint or oil paint?

A. In the appearance of the product, the water-based paint can be seen from the hardness of the coating film (paint film), the hardness of the film is relatively soft, the softness is good, and the color is soft and natural.

B. In the smell of the product, no smell is the most obvious characteristic of the water-based paint. Generally, after the cover is opened, the smell of the water-based wood paint is very small, with a little oily aroma.

C. Ask for evidence. When purchasing furniture, try to ask the purchaser to ask for the “Product Instruction Manual” and “Test Report” to check whether the paint column is marked with water-based paint.

Finally, what I am talking about here is that the other data is that the standard of the Ministry of Health requires an air content of up to 0.1 mg/m3 and an indoor air containment time of more than 12 hours. In fact, this is the place that parents should pay attention to. If children's furniture has high formaldehyde content and is continuously released in a confined space, it is easy to cause harm to children. This is also the reason why the closing time has grown into the house and there is a taste of decoration.

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