Natural mothballs are mainly extracted from the branches and leaves of camphor trees. They are colorless or white crystals, non-toxic and fragrant. However, synthetic mothballs are mostly made of p-dichlorobenzene, with pungent smell and certain toxicity. Improper placement or excessive placement can cause dizziness, sneezing, skin allergy and other symptoms.
P-dichlorobenzene is irritating to eyes and upper respiratory tract, and has inhibitory effect on central nervous system, which can damage liver and kidney. When people are exposed to high concentration of p-dichlorobenzene, they may have symptoms such as weakness, dizziness and vomiting.
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Clothes that come into contact with mothballs and health balls, especially underwear, should be dried in the sun before wearing, or placed in the shade for a few days to make benzene volatilize, so as not to endanger human health.
If you want to remove the camphor smell from your clothes immediately, you can put it in a plastic bag, put deodorant in the refrigerator, and tie the bag tightly, and the camphor smell will disappear.
After putting mothballs into adult clothes, dry them for a period of time before taking them out, and wear them after the smell of naphthol disappears, so as to avoid hemolysis of newborns after contact.
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