In the beginning of the school season, stationery sales usher in a peak season, and diversified stationery has become the new favorite of primary and middle school students.
Many children's stationery are made especially beautiful, with complete "color, fragrance and taste".
There are news reports that ten kinds of poisons have been detected in students' commonly used stationery.
Through investigations by media reporters, it is found that some “high-value stationery” has hidden high risks and can easily cause damage to children's health.
The Hefei Institute of Material Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences once tested and analyzed the disassembled parts of 4 brand scented highlighters that are popular among primary and middle school students on the market. It was found that the volatile odor came from the ink in the highlighter. A total of 15 volatile components were detected. Ten of them are toxic substances, including the highly toxic substance acrylonitrile. 0:
Research shows that long-term inhalation of acrylonitrile can cause nausea, vomiting, headache, fatigue and other symptoms.
Pencil sharpeners, pens, workbooks and other stationery items that every child can’t do without. Parents should keep their eyes open when choosing stationery for their children.
But in fact, “poisonous stationery” is nothing new. In the CCTV 3.15 party in 2014, it was exposed that the correction fluid used by students contained harmful substances, which affected their health.
has been tested, and the toluene and xylene in the altered product are all exceeding the standard.
These detection products are from online e-commerce, supermarkets, and even stationery stores near schools.
Today, I will take parents to take stock of the stationery on the market that has hidden dangers of “toxic”. Don't buy it for your children!
plastic book cover/plastic book bag:
plasticizer may exceed the standard
Many parents will buy plastic book cover for their children.It is beautiful and flat, and it is convenient to pack.
But is the neat-looking plastic book film really safe?
It is understood that Dad Wei from Hangzhou was a victim of book cover.
In the beginning of the school season, he found that the plastic book covers he bought for his daughter had a strong and pungent smell. He was doing safety monitoring. Due to his professional sensitivity, he realized that these book covers may have quality problems, so he paid for it out of pocket. The 7 book covers I bought were sent to the Jiangsu Chemical Quality Inspection Center for monitoring, and the results were surprising: All products of
, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and phthalate are seriously exceeded!
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are carcinogens, while phthalates, commonly known as plasticizers, are similar to estrogen in the human body, which can interfere with endocrine secretion and may also cause precocious puberty in children.
These two substances are mainly carcinogenic through breathing or direct skin contact. If children are not paying attention, putting stationery containing phthalates in their mouths for a long time will damage the liver and kidneys.
The book covers submitted for inspection are of different brands. According to Dad Wei, some are purchased from nearby stationery stores, and some are purchased online. They all seem to be more formal in appearance, but only has no production date or production. Manufacturer and production address, typical "three no" products.
test results, from Hangzhou News Network
selection suggestion:
⒈Try to wrap the book cover yourself, such as environmentally friendly kraft paper, calendar paper, ordinary wrapping paper, etc.
⒉If you want to buy a plastic book cover, please buy a product produced by a regular manufacturer without pungent odor, and pay attention to whether there are instructions for use in Chinese. Raw materials marked as polyethylene (PE) or polypropylene (PP) can be purchased,Resolutely do not buy PVC plastic or raw materials that are not marked.
⒊Identification of genuine and fake products: The materials produced by regular manufacturers are flat, clean, light transmittance good, no odor, and good toughness. Fake and inferior products are generally colored, easy to tear, poor light transmission, some products have pungent odors, usually without factory name, factory address, implementation standards, and contact information.
⒋Good hygiene: When reading a book, if you have touched the fingers covering the book cover, should avoid sucking with your mouth, let alone touching the book cover with your mouth, and develop a hygiene habit of washing your hands before eating after reading.
Colorful and toxic scented erasers
The colorful erasers on the market have attracted the attention of many children. The beautifully shaped and scented erasers are especially popular with children!
However, according to the test results of Quality Supervision Bureau , many erasers sold on the market were found to have exceeded the standard of phthalate plasticizers. plasticizer is actually a kind of polymer material additives. During the processing of plastic raw material , adding this plasticizer can easily make its properties soft and easy to process.
According to experts, my country clearly stipulates the quality requirements of phthalate plasticizers in eraser products in the "General Requirements for the Safety of Student Supplies". But on the market, many school supplies, including erasers, have excessive plasticizers.
Excessive plasticizers can affect the human hormone system, and long-term exposure may cause precocious puberty.
In the "2016 Student Supplies (Eraser) Product Quality and Safety Risk Monitoring Analysis Report", it shows:
among the 40 batches of erasers sampled,This plasticizer was detected in 37 batches.
In order to make the rubber softer, easier to color and increase fragrance, black heart manufacturers will over-add these poisons.
Recommended choice:
⒈Don’t buy "three nos" products.
⒉Try to buy rubber with no special smell, the bigger the smell, the less reliable it is.
scented ballpoint pen:
may cause chronic benzene poisoning
Some children bought scented ballpoint pens in supermarkets and stationery stores, and their parents found that their children felt pungent when they were writing homework in the room. Fragrance.
After a period of time, the child often said that he was nauseous, and even the amount of food was reduced. At first, the parents thought that the child was suffering from gastrointestinal discomfort, and asked him to take some pills and did not take it to heart.
As a result, the child fainted while doing homework and was rushed to the hospital to be told that the child was actually suffering from chronic benzene poisoning.
The culprit is the flavors and inferior chemical fragrances in some scented stationery. These fragrances contain benzene and formaldehyde. Why does the ballpoint pen contain benzene?
The reason is that some unscrupulous manufacturers add benzene as a solvent in order to make the oily refill of the ballpoint pen not smudge and write fluently. Long-term use of this kind of fragrance stationery can cause chronic benzene poisoning in children, cause hematopoietic and immune function damage, and may even cause leukemia.
Purchase reminder:
⒈Go to regular stationery stores or supermarkets to buy ballpoint pens, and avoid buying Sanwu inferior products.
⒉Try not to choose pens with peculiar smell.
Workbook: Paper should not be too white
Fluorescent brightener can increase the whiteness of paper. In order to make the paper products produced by enterprises brighter and more beautiful, they often add a certain amount of fluorescent brightener.
However, in the process of long-term use of schoolwork books, the skin of the hands of students often comes into contact with the paper of the books. If there is a fluorescent whitening agent, it may migrate to the students' body, which is harmful to the health of the students.
Because the schoolwork books are used every day, students stare at the high whiteness paper for a long time, and this may cause adverse effects on vision health for a long time.
Purchase reminder:
⒈ Purchase schoolwork books with low whiteness of the inner core paper and soft tones.
⒉Purchase coursework books with good printing quality, clear and complete cover pattern text and inner core printing lines, no skewing, no broken lines, broken pages, white pages, and printing stains.
color color pen: Don't let children bite
Many children have the habit of biting pencils. You should know that most pencils have a layer of paint on the surface, and the paint contains metallic lead .
In addition, the preservatives used by some manufacturers in the wood treatment process may also contain other metal toxins such as lead, mercury, arsenic, etc., especially the low-quality pencils made by some unlicensed small workshops, which contain higher lead content.
Lead poisoning will significantly impair the child's memory and attention, and gradually endanger physical and intellectual development.
In art class, oil pastels and watercolor pens are indispensable. Remember to wash your hands after using .So as not to ingest the heavy metals in the paint into the body when eating.
The same is true for the highlighter used to draw textbooks. If you eat these things in your mouth, it will be harmful to your health.
Purchase reminder:
⒈Choose products from regular manufacturers.
⒉Be sure to correct the child's bad habit of biting pens.
Correction fluid: pungent odor
Open the correction fluid, there will be a pungent odor rushing out of the nose, and this irritating odor will cause long-term chronic harm to the child’s liver, kidneys, etc. . With the volatilization of the correction fluid, toxic substances such as chloroform, dichloromethane, and benzene can be absorbed by the human body through the respiratory tract. In mild cases, it can cause headache, nausea, and inflammation of the eyes, nose, and throat. In severe cases, it can also cause nervous system. damage.
Purchase reminder:
⒈Try not to use it or use it sparingly. It is recommended to use an eraser or a modified sticker. If the correction fluid gets on the skin, be sure to wash it off immediately.
⒉Regular examinations, such as the high school entrance examination, etc., are also not allowed to use correction fluid. It is better to let the child adapt earlier.
Be vigilant when buying stationery
These are items that children will touch every day. Therefore, parents must not take it lightly and be cautious when buying stationery.
1. Don’t buy Sanwu products
Be sure to choose products from regular manufacturers, and don’t buy Sanwu products in roadside shops because of greed.
2. Don’t choose stationery with too strong fragrance
stationery with fragrance,It often contains harmful substances such as benzene and formaldehyde. The more fragrant on the outside, the more vicious on the inside.
3. Don't buy stationery with too high value
The higher the value of the stationery, the more chemical agents are added, and the greater the harm to children.
4. Develop good hygiene habits
Correct children's habit of chewing on stationery, wash hands in time after using stationery, and avoid studying while eating to prevent poison from getting in the mouth.
Source: Shandong Education Society
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