March 29, 2024

It’s important to learn to buy green home textiles.

Nowadays, the variety of home textile products on the market is becoming more and more abundant. In addition to the commonly used bedding products, it also includes curtains (curtain decoration effect drawings), fabric furniture, fabric decorations, table cloths, cushions, etc. These products are convenient to use at the same time. Also beautified the room. However, when purchasing various home textile products, consumers also have many doubts: what kind of products can be regarded as green and environmental protection? Which authoritative certifications do green home textile products need to pass? How to identify when purchasing? Concerned about these consumers Question, the reporter recently visited the home textile product market.

Home textile products containing harmful dyes are prone to cancer

Recently, the reporter learned from the official website of the Beijing Municipal Administration of Industry and Commerce that at the end of 2012, the Beijing Municipal Administration of Industry and Commerce monitored the quality of household textile products sold in the market. The results showed that there were 49 batches of home textile products with marking, fiber content, dyeing fastness, pH value and other items that did not meet the relevant standards. Among them, the decomposable carcinogenic aromatic amine dyes were detected in 5 batches of products of 4 companies. These unqualified home textile products included 4 sets of bedding, thick sheets, double quilt cover and so on.

It is understood that the decomposable carcinogenic aromatic amine dye detected in this market monitoring refers to a dye that can decompose aromatic amine under certain reducing conditions. If the human skin is exposed to products with such dyes for a long time, it will cause cellular DNA. Structural and functional changes occur, which may cause diseases such as respiratory inflammation, skin irritation, and cancer. The new edition of the National Textile Basic Safety Technical Specification stipulates that textiles are prohibited from using dyes that can decompose 24 harmful aromatic amines in the production process.

Environmental protection standards permeate every aspect of production. When reporters visited the market recently, they saw that “green”, “environmental protection”, “low carbon”, “original ecology”, “no harm” and “healthy health” were widely used in the promotion of home textile products. In order to attract consumers' attention. However, after interviews, the reporter found that, in fact, most consumers do not understand the processes required to make green home textile products, and the textiles that look glamorous are not necessarily environmentally friendly and harmless to the body. According to experts, truly green textiles need to meet environmental requirements in all aspects of production.

It is understood that the international eco-textile certification is a green pass for home textile products to enter the international market. This international eco-textile certification divides home textile products into four categories, namely four grades, which are infant textiles under the age of 3 (first grade), direct contact with skin textiles (second grade), not directly in contact with skin textiles (first) Three levels) home textiles textiles (fourth level). In addition, the international eco-textile certification also tests home textile products from fiber components, yarns, fabrics, non-woven materials and other aspects. The testing items include pH value, color fastness, formaldehyde content, and extractable heavy metals. The content, and whether it contains harmful substances such as insecticides, herbicides, chlorophenols, decomposable aromatic amine dyes.

International standards such as international eco-textile certification are an important basis for enterprises to produce textiles. Only products that meet these standards in all aspects of production and circulation can be regarded as truly environmentally friendly products.

The industry reminds consumers that the important basis for distinguishing the quality of home textile products is whether they have passed the China Quality Certification Center (CQC) eco-textile certification and China environmental label certification. Textile companies usually print the passed certification mark. On the product label.

There are some green home textile products to buy.

In response to the many questions consumers have encountered when purchasing green home textile products, there are a few tips.

First of all, when consumers choose green home textile products, they must see whether they are marked with the relevant authority certification mark, namely China Quality Certification Center (CQC) eco-textile certification and China environmental label certification, and understand the validity period of these certifications.

Secondly, for the printed products, the quality can be identified from three aspects: seeing, touching and smelling:

Look, that is, to see the brightness of the print color. If the color of the printing is dark and old, it indicates that there is a problem with the quality of the grey cloth and the dye, or a second-class product. In addition, it depends on whether the printing color is wrong or not. For products with special printing techniques such as “Golden Light”, consumers can use the tissue paper to repeatedly wipe the “Golden Light” printing area. If the printing becomes blurred, the process is not enough.

Touch, that is, touch the textile with your hand. When purchasing, consumers should be able to feel the softness of the textile by hand and see if there is pilling on the surface. Under normal circumstances, pure cotton products will not pilling, even if there is a small amount of pilling, it can be removed after washing. Products containing chemical fiber components tend to pilling and are not easily removed. The difference between the two is that chemical fiber components are industrially processed, and cotton is a natural raw material. In any case, natural raw materials are beneficial to the body and the environment.

Smell, that is, smelling textiles at a close distance. Printed textiles using high-quality dyes have no irritating odor, which is the most direct and simple way for consumers to distinguish textile materials.

Finally, check to see if the logo for the textile is complete. The following information should be indicated in the label of the textiles from the formal enterprise: product instructions, washing instructions, manufacturer name, address, telephone number, product name, model number, specification, section number, product ingredients, standard number, quality grade, product Quality inspection certificate and safety technology category.  

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