One of the experts who participated in the drafting of the first national general technical conditions for children's furniture, experts from the Chengdu Quality Inspection Institute revealed that the standard will be introduced next year, and the chaos in the children's furniture industry will be changed.
Children's furniture is caught in the "quality door"
Excessive formaldehyde emission, unreasonable structure of the product leads to safety hazards, the use of inferior paint and paint to spray the surface of the product... Children's furniture is often "quality door".
Yesterday, the reporter from the provincial and municipal quality supervision departments, inquired about the supervision and spot checks on children's furniture in the country in the past two years. According to incomplete statistics, in the first half of this year alone, there were more than 20 children's furniture manufacturers exposed by the quality supervision departments nationwide. According to the results of the sampling inspection of children's furniture released by the Guangdong Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau recently, the pass rate of 62 batches of children's furniture is only 67.7%. There are two batches of children's furniture heavy metal exceeding the standard, and the formaldehyde emission of 3 batches of children's furniture exceeds the standard. The heavy metals in the furniture are mainly lead, cadmium, chromium, etc. Among them, the measured value of soluble lead in children's bedside table is over 40 times.
a problem that is often overlooked
Are there any heavy metals such as lead and cadmium exceeding the standard?
The reporter found that many parents mainly look at the color and style of furniture for children's furniture. Some parents also pay attention to whether the formaldehyde content of furniture exceeds the standard, but few parents notice the lead, cadmium, etc., which are more harmful to children. Heavy metal.
In the various furniture sales outlets in Yudaiqiao, merchants are able to provide qualified test reports for children's furniture. However, the salesperson said that the detection of toxic and hazardous substances in children's homes currently mainly measures the formaldehyde content, and few furniture manufacturers require the detection of heavy metal content in the inspection.
In the investigation, the reporter also found that the safety performance of many children's furniture is not optimistic. Some furniture's edges and corners are very prominent and sharp, lacking the necessary protective measures for children; some homes have automatic folding function, but there are few fixing screws, and they may be injured if they are squeezed hard.
A standard application
Adult standards are not suitable for children
A person in charge of a local furniture manufacturing company in Chengdu told reporters that the domestic children's furniture production industry can only use adult furniture standard production because of the lack of special production standards. “Children's furniture produced according to adult furniture standards may not be suitable for children in terms of safety performance and control of toxic and hazardous substancesâ€, the person in charge said that, for example, the formaldehyde content in furniture can meet national standards, but the tolerance of adults and children is different. No effect on the adult body does not mean that there is no harm to the child's body.
The person in charge revealed that the pass rate of children's furniture inspections in recent years is not high, the main reason is "because most manufacturers focus on the style and color of the products, they just want to attract the attention of the children in the first time. Quality issues, especially product safety, are not taken seriously."
Other manufacturers are also expressing their own confusion. The country does not have special standards, and manufacturers do not know how to produce safe and environmentally friendly children's furniture. "We call on the state to introduce special production standards for children's furniture as soon as possible. This is the only way to solve the existing problems."
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