Cheap Clothing In Summer Should Be Cautious. Formaldehyde Is Prone To Cause Cancer.

In hot weather, bright short sleeves, bright.

People can see everywhere these streets. Because of these changing clothes, many people will buy cheaper ones in small stalls or online stores.

In July 19th, the reporter came to a market in Beijing to find a sea of people. Most of them were young people.

In the mall, some clothes with bright and unusual patterns sell well.

On the two floor

District, T-Shirts, jeans and dresses.

A black shirt at a price of 80 yuan, the reporter cut to 30 yuan to buy.

The shirt was wrapped in a simple plastic bag and opened with plastic bags.

The shirt feels rough and hard.

In the four floor underwear home furnishing area, the shop is full of red and green coloured underwear, and a yellow bra is priced at 40 yuan. The reporter spent 10 yuan to buy it.

Subsequently, the reporter also bought cheap clothes such as stockings, T-Shirts, jeans and so on.

Because formaldehyde is volatile, in order not to affect the experimental results, the reporter sealed the clothes bought with plastic bags.

On the afternoon of July 20th, the reporter took from this

The clothes purchased came to the Beijing Institute Of Fashion Technology laboratory. Please check the formaldehyde and heavy metals in clothing by testing experts.

The reason for measuring these two substances is that they are commonly used in some inexpensive clothing.

It turns out that these clothes contain a certain amount of formaldehyde, and one of the green short sleeved T-shirts has a high formaldehyde content.

In addition, the T-shirt and a yellow bra were heavily contaminated with heavy metal antimony.

Expert interpretation

Long term exposure to formaldehyde can cause cancer.

Gong Yancheng, a professor at the school of materials at Beijing Institute Of Fashion Technology, said that during the processing and finishing of fabrics, some auxiliaries containing formaldehyde will be added to improve the feel of the fabric or make the color more firm.

"For example, some shirt necklines are straight and smooth, and have the effect of ironing. Its original raw material is very soft, and the resin containing formaldehyde has become smooth."

Gong Yan Cheng said.

On the list of priority list of toxic chemicals in China, formaldehyde ranks second.

Gong Yancheng explained that formaldehyde is a slow release gas that can be absorbed by human skin.

When the body temperature is higher, the absorption ability of the skin to the toxin is stronger. If the toxin can not be excreted in time, it will have adverse effects on all organs of the body.

Gong Yancheng introduced that inhaling high concentration of formaldehyde can seriously irritate the respiratory tract or cause eye pain, headache and so on.

Inhalation of a small amount of formaldehyde can also cause chronic poisoning, and long-term exposure to formaldehyde can even cause cancer such as nasal cancer and lung cancer.

In addition, some heavy metals may also be brought into the process of dyestuff processing and textile dyeing and printing.

Gong Yancheng said many

The coating on the clothes contains heavy metals.

"Especially in those clothes with bright or deep color patterns, heavy metals tend to be higher."

Gong once said that once heavy metals are absorbed by the human body, they may accumulate in the liver, bones, kidneys, heart and brain. When the heavy metals in the affected organs accumulate to a certain degree, they will cause great damage to their health.