"Every time the quality supervision department conducts random inspections, there must be unqualified products." This seems to have become a "law" for the children's furniture industry. Parents' unease and concern are obviously not superfluous. Therefore, the country’s first mandatory national standard for children’s furniture, “General Technical Conditions for Children’s Furniture,†is being developed.
When the famous children's furniture brands in the market are struggling in the quality vortex, the safety problem becomes the biggest hidden danger behind the fascination of children's furniture.
Event Playback: Children's Furniture Struggles with Quality Swirls
Today's parents and children will have a bit of worry besides the happy expression when they see children's furniture: are they safe? When the famous children's furniture brands in the market are struggling in the quality vortex, the safety problem becomes the biggest hidden danger behind the fascination of children's furniture.
"Every time the quality supervision department conducts random inspections, there must be unqualified products." This seems to have become a "law" for the children's furniture industry. Parents' unease and concern are obviously not superfluous. Recently, a “quality gate†occurred in June this year. The Shanghai Consumer Protection Committee published a comparison test of the cribs tested by the Shanghai Institute of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Technology. Seven of the 17 sample products did not meet the standard. Among them, the “Ximengbao†brand crib (Specification model: BA61005-01000×622×840mm) produced by Cangzhou Xiyingmen Furniture Co., Ltd. is not up to standard due to “bedsideâ€, “sideboard and bedside†indicators. It is judged to be a non-conforming product and is listed on the quality "black list". At the same time, on the "Black List", there are also the S1-B00020 cribs of the "Colorful Forest" series under the colorful life. Except for the "bedside", "sideboard and bedside" indicators, the gap is not up to standard. The distance is not qualified.
Prior to this, nine companies including Dinghong Furniture and Plateau Furniture also fell into the “quality gateâ€. The Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision announced the results of special supervision and inspection of the quality of children's furniture products in Shanghai. After inspection, 9 batches of unqualified products in 24 batches were tested.
Brand products should be selected for the safety of children's furniture
Nowadays, the heavy weight and safety of furniture has become the crux.
“The reason why children's furniture is frequently exposed is because most manufacturers focus on the style and color of the products. They only want to attract the attention of children in the first time, but not pay enough attention to quality problems, especially product safety performance. ."
A furniture manufacturer has thus analyzed the reasons why many children's furniture companies have fallen into the “quality gateâ€.
After visiting the West Fourth Ring store (see map) in Beijing Aijia Home (view map), the reporter found that this kind of “heavy style and light safety†children's furniture enterprises are not rare. Take the "cute" children's furniture as an example. Although the exhibition hall has become a child-filled living room space, there are a variety of different main colors such as sky blue, pink, purple and so on for children to choose from, and there are many toys that children like, which makes people feel comfortable.
If you look closely, you can see that the safety index of the product is not very high. For example, the metal door handle of a pink wardrobe is raised on the plane. The childlike naughty child loves to play and play. If the parents don’t care, the child They easily hit the raised handle and got hurt.
In contrast, the “Harry Chalet†series, which is not far from the “cute†storefront, is particularly safe in terms of safety. The handle made of Australian soft wool replaces the metal or wooden handles that were used in the past, so that the child's small hand can easily pull open the drawer or cabinet; all products have push-pull openings that are lower than the product's surface, rather than convex Starting from the surface of the product, so as to prevent the children from accidentally hitting or picking it up; even if the hardware parts such as screws are not exposed, they are wrapped with soft wool of suitable size; used in the production process of the product. The glue is Japan's Aike cold glue, which is a component of chewing gum. Children don't have to worry about safety when using furniture; all furniture edges are designed with rounded corners instead of straight edges to avoid children. We were hurt. In the words of Chen Xiaotai, general manager of the top 100 furniture, "we can avoid the safety hazards that we can think of as much as possible."
If you compare children to "flowers of the motherland," you might want to call children's furniture a "flower basket." The quality of the "flower basket" is directly related to the physical and mental health of the "flower". A few days ago, the results of the sampling inspection of children's furniture announced by the Guangdong Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau were chilling: the pass rate of 62 batches of children's furniture was only 67.7%. There were two batches of children's furniture heavy metal exceeding the standard, and the formaldehyde emission of 3 batches of children's furniture exceeded the standard. . In recent years, consumers have been rumored to hear negative news about the excessive release of formaldehyde in children's furniture, unreasonable product structure, safety hazards, and the use of inferior paint and paint to spray the surface of the product.
Why is it that children's furniture can't get out of the "quality door"? The heads of some manufacturers are frankly confused: because the country does not have special standards, manufacturers do not know how to produce safe and environmentally friendly children's furniture. Nowadays, domestic industries can only use adult furniture standard production because they lack special production standards. Children's furniture produced according to adult standards may not be suitable for children in terms of safety performance and control of toxic and hazardous substances. According to industry insiders, for example, although the formaldehyde content in furniture meets national standards, the tolerance of adults and children is not the same. It has no effect on the adult body and does not mean that it is harmless to the child's body. Recently, a highly targeted "General Technical Conditions for Children's Furniture" standard is under development. This standard is the country's first national mandatory standard for children's furniture. It is currently in the final revision period and is expected to be released this year. According to experts who participated in the development of standards, the General Technical Conditions for Children's Furniture made it clear for the first time that children's furniture should be suitable for children aged 3 to 14 years. The standard includes 9 parts of toxic and hazardous substances and safety warning signs. According to reports, in addition to the detailed definition of the sharp corners, protruding parts, holes, gap size and stability of children's furniture, the standards are more restrictive in the control of toxic and hazardous substances. The limit of toxic and hazardous substances is mainly for 10 kinds of formaldehyde and soluble heavy metals, which is similar to the requirements for children's toys. In addition, the standard also puts specific requirements on the dyes and pH values ​​of some soft furniture. It should be said that this standard is a well-conceived and clearly defined production standard for children's furniture.
Due to the lack of corresponding standards, some children's furniture in the market are produced by adult standards, which not only has poor safety performance, but also has excessive control of toxic and harmful substances, which seriously affects children's health. In this regard, Li Longping, an expert from Chengdu Quality Inspection Institute, one of the experts who participated in the drafting of the first general technical conditions for children's furniture, revealed that the standard will be changed next year, and the chaos in the children's furniture industry will be changed.
What are the hazards of excessive poisonous and harmful substances in children's homes?
Professor Zhu of Huaxi Hospital said in an interview that if the content of some volatile toxic substances such as formaldehyde and benzene in children's furniture exceeds the standard, it will cause indoor air pollution, and the children's respiratory tract will be seriously damaged, causing them to suffer from bronchitis. , bronchitis and other respiratory diseases.
Wood furniture produces a lot of high-toxic substances in the production process, and the inferior paints have higher levels of heavy metals. At a distance of 1 m from the ground, the lead concentration in the air is 16 times that at 1.5 m, and the height of the child is just in this range.
Infants and young children often touch the furniture by hand. It is easy to ingest a large amount of lead when sucking fingers, and the absorption rate of lead by infants and young children is very high, about 5 times that of adults. When lead enters the body, it can damage the nervous system, digestive system and blood system. Lead poisoning can also seriously damage the liver. More seriously, lead entering the human body is difficult to be discharged.
10 kinds of substances such as formaldehyde and soluble heavy metals are clearly limited
Yesterday, the reporter learned from the Chengdu Quality Inspection Institute that Li Longping, an expert of the hospital, went to Shenzhen on behalf of the Municipal Quality Inspection Institute this month to participate in the formulation of the "General Technical Conditions for Children's Furniture" standard. This standard is the country's first national mandatory standard for children's furniture. It is currently in the final revision period and is expected to be finalized and released for implementation in 2011. <detailed>
Conclusion:
If you compare children to "flowers of the motherland," you might want to call children's furniture a "flower basket." The quality of the "flower basket" is directly related to the physical and mental health of the "flower". Therefore, it is an unavoidable thing to introduce relevant laws and regulations to regulate the children's furniture industry and ensure the quality and safety of children's furniture.
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