What's the harm of long-term exposure to newspapers?

The main pollutants in ink are heavy metals, including lead, chromium, cadmium and mercury. , may cause certain harm to the human body. For example, lead can not only hinder the formation of human blood cells, but also enter brain tissue through blood, causing brain damage. When the lead in the body accumulates to a certain extent, mental disorders, nightmares, insomnia, headaches and other chronic poisoning symptoms will appear.

In addition, the ink used in newspaper printing usually contains toxic organic solvents, such as ethanol, isopropanol, toluene and xylene. Although these organic solvents will eliminate most of the hazards after drying, the residual parts will still pose potential dangers to the human body. Especially for newspaper color pages, the inking area is large, the ink layer is thick, and the residue of organic solvents will be more. If inhaled for a long time, it may affect the central nervous system of the brain and cause great harm to health. The harm of organic solvents will be obvious in new newspapers, so don't use new newspapers to cushion the table.

If you fill your desk with old newspapers you have read, you will have the problem of spreading the virus.