Although June 5th has passed in World Environment Day, the reporter found that both the Indoor Environmental Monitoring Committee of China Interior Decoration Association and Beijing Interior Decoration Association have devoted considerable space to the safety and environmental protection of children's bedrooms.
The theme of "World Environment Day" put forward by the State Environmental Protection Administration this year is "Everyone participates and creates a green home together". The so-called "green room" is an indoor environment that meets the requirements of environmental protection, is harmless and is beneficial to human health. For indoor decoration, firstly, we should not over-decorate, secondly, we should implement "green decoration", that is, we should buy "green building materials" and carry out "green decoration construction", and at the same time, CMA qualified units should carry out "indoor air quality testing" and the results meet the requirements of "indoor air quality standards" before we can move in. Building a "green home" requires the whole family to have a strong sense of environmental protection, advocate "green consumption" and buy "green furniture" in decoration, and save water, electricity, grain and all consumption including green ideas.
When World Environment Day took office, the Congress of China issued the first indoor pollution bulletin, aiming at the first indoor pollution source-formaldehyde, which has become the first killer of indoor environmental pollution. According to international data, formaldehyde is also the main pollutant of newly decorated families, which has been recognized as a kind of carcinogen by the World Health Organization, and there is a causal relationship between formaldehyde and leukemia. Cases about children getting sick due to decoration pollution are not uncommon. According to experts, 90% children with leukemia in a hospital in Beijing have been renovated within half a year, and the renovation of children's rooms has aroused widespread concern from all walks of life.
A huge hidden danger that cannot be ignored
According to Zhang Qi, Deputy Secretary-General of the Municipal Clothing Association, in their investigation on the environmental protection of 100 children's rooms, very few people fully meet the standards in formaldehyde and benzene release concentration, and more than 90% of children's rooms have the problem of formaldehyde concentration exceeding the standard, and the highest one exceeds the standard by nearly 9 times. Recently, the results of a survey report in Guangzhou also showed that more than 60% of children's formaldehyde concentration exceeded the standard, with the highest exceeding 8 times.
According to the statistics of relevant departments, about 265,438+million children die of upper respiratory tract infection caused by decoration pollution every year in China, among which more than 1 10,000 children under 5 years old are related to indoor air pollution, especially in some newly built and newly decorated kindergartens and families. And experts pointed out that formaldehyde in children's bedrooms exceeds the standard by 5 times, which is in danger of causing leukemia.
Children's skin is delicate and their internal organs are in a high-speed growth period. Because of physical development, children's behavior ability has improved, their exploration heart has strengthened, and everything around them has become the object of scratching and biting. Pigments used in coatings are basically inorganic pigments, containing heavy metals such as lead and chromium. After being used as decoration, the peeling paint or cracked wrinkled skin on the surface of walls or objects are mostly salty. Children like the salty taste and easily swallow these things. In addition, children sleep more than 12 hours a day, and their body's resistance is minimized during sleep, while their growth and development are all completed during sleep, and their breathing ability is 50% higher than that of adults. If the living environment is polluted, children's health will be most seriously hurt during sleep. Therefore, "environmental protection" must be the first requirement for children's living rooms and activity places. When choosing decoration materials, environmental protection must be the first indicator.
Paint and coating are the biggest hidden dangers in children's room decoration and decoration materials, among which formaldehyde and benzene are the biggest killers endangering children's health. In view of children's physical characteristics, parents in Europe, America and other countries pay special attention to paint in addition to environmentally friendly floors and furniture when decorating children's rooms, and generally choose children's special paint. Specially made for children's physical and behavioral characteristics, more environmentally friendly and healthy, and beneficial to children's physical and mental development.
Pollution control begins with decoration.
To control formaldehyde pollution in children's room environment, we should insist on starting from before decoration. First of all, a reasonable design scheme must be determined, and designers must meet the requirements of environmental protection when choosing a design scheme. The selection of decoration materials should meet the national environmental protection standards, and the formaldehyde carrying capacity of indoor space and the usage of decoration materials should be calculated reasonably. Secondly, we should choose scientific construction technology. Pay attention to the construction technology with little indoor environmental pollution, and some links must be treated with formaldehyde scavenger. Paint with thick film and good sealing performance should be selected, and it is best to use special paint for children's rooms. Considering that children usually scratch and bite, heavy metals will enter the body through skin, mouth and other ways, causing harm to children, and the content of harmful heavy metals in children's paint is extremely low, which can prevent excessive heavy metals from entering children's bodies; Children's paints are generally prepared with clear water, which cuts off the toxic route of benzene chemical solvents to children from the root.
Children are very sensitive to the color perception of the outside world. Choosing bright colors as far as possible is beneficial to children's intellectual development. According to the reporter's investigation on the market, the paint products specifically for children's rooms on the market are still very rare. Domestic brands are only Garbo, and many foreign brands have indicated that they can be used in children's rooms.
Build a green home for children
How to avoid and solve the pollution of children's rooms? First of all, you can choose some environmentally-friendly children's special materials, such as children's special coatings, and you can also choose some products that purify and control the air. At present, the market of indoor environmental pollution purification products with the main purpose of purifying formaldehyde has been formed. In the market, consumers can choose a variety of indoor formaldehyde purification products, such as air purifiers that have a certain adsorption effect on formaldehyde and other pollutants; The products of biological and chemical purifying agents can effectively reduce the free formaldehyde in wood-based panels and air when used during and after decoration; Solid adsorption products can adsorb and catalyze the decomposition of indoor formaldehyde and other harmful gases; Formaldehyde sealing agent products can be directly coated on furniture inner wallboard and wood-based panel without sealing treatment to prevent formaldehyde release and reduce formaldehyde release from wood-based panel; The products of the new fan ventilate the indoor environment through the heat exchange system, eliminate harmful substances such as formaldehyde and improve air quality. You can also plant chlorophytum, aloe, green radish, ivy and other plants indoors to reduce the indoor formaldehyde concentration.
After the renovation, if you still feel that there is something wrong with the air quality of the children's room, you must entrust a nationally qualified testing agency to conduct air quality testing. Unqualified detection can be solved by governance. At present, the detection and treatment of indoor environmental pollution has become a new industry. China Garment Association has introduced new technologies and products for formaldehyde control, and at the same time, it has carried out free formaldehyde pollution control services for children's rooms nationwide.
With the guarantee foundation of decoration engineering quality, scientific and reasonable design, selection of environmental protection materials and correct technology, we can truly realize environmental protection decoration and truly create our green home.