Don't wash it cause cancer to wear clothes? - Music in Japan

Just bought a new dress, often have a peculiar smell. Online has been rumoured, bought new clothes don't wash wear directly is wrong, because often have on the new clothes formaldehyde residue causes skin cancer. Many unfamiliar net friend to garment processing industry will have a question, why the clothes on the residual formaldehyde? And don't wash wear new clothes and really be a health hazard?

access to information found that the formaldehyde is one of the most common pollution in textile material, widely used in all kinds of textile auxiliaries, such as anti-wrinkle pressure resin finishing agent, fixing agent, flame retardant, softener, etc. , can help new clothes to anti-wrinkle, color and anti-corrosion. However, formaldehyde in textile excellent properties, given the at the same time, also make the new clothes on more or less contain formaldehyde.

so, formaldehyde residue in clothes really cause cancer?

let's look at the harm to human body formaldehyde, formaldehyde is plasma of biological cells is a toxic substance, can produce a strong to human respiratory tract and skin stimulation, cause respiratory inflammation and skin inflammation, initiator and formaldehyde is a variety of skin allergy. The world health organization's international agency for research on cancer (iarc) has classified formaldehyde class 1 carcinogen, level with smoking.

so, formaldehyde is harm to human body health, and the country has formulated the textile related safety standards. In the general administration of quality supervision, inspection and quarantine issued compulsory national standards 'basic safety technical specification of textile products, the formaldehyde content of textiles have specific provision: the formaldehyde content in infants and children clothing should not exceed 20 mg/kg; In direct contact with the skin clothing, formaldehyde content must not exceed 75 mg/kg.

but scientific research has shown that whether something easy to cause cancer, to see whether the carcinogens concentration and contact time of contact with the human body. The nature of the lively and formaldehyde, it is difficult to accumulate in the body, wear new clothes unwashed formaldehyde exposure time and concentration is very low, people don't have to worry about the risk of cancer.

visible, & other; New clothes on the residual formaldehyde of cancer-causing & throughout; It is not established.

however, this does not mean that people can ignore the other risk on the new clothes. CCTV net 'is it true that' once in this investigation, the conclusion shows that the surface of the clothing of formaldehyde is still possible to affect your skin health, cause allergic reactions such as skin rashes, itching, serious still may produce irritation to eyes and respiratory tract. In addition, the clothing fabric in the process of production, also attach some dust mites, microorganism and dye, direct contact with the skin, is likely to cause skin disease.

in addition, in the industrial and commercial bureau sampling observation of quality clothing daily, formaldehyde and other issues were reported. Therefore, experts advise, buy clothes, had better choose normal manufacturer production, quality qualified clothes; For a new dress, Internet users really want to stay a mind's eye, wash the clothes we wear more insurance, especially young children, pregnant women and patients with allergic need more attention.