Recently, the reporter learned from the National Furniture and Indoor Environmental Quality Supervision and Inspection Agency that the "National Standard for Limits of Hazardous Substances in Wood Furniture" (Revised) has been drafted. According to the new standard, the future furniture can be placed in the environmental climate chamber for testing. Furniture will not be destroyed. In addition, two new standards for the Limitation of Hazardous Substances in Soft Furniture Sofas and the Limits of Hazardous Substances in Upholstered Furniture Mattresses have also been drafted. The industry believes that the new standard for soft furniture will increase the environmental performance requirements for formaldehyde.
Furniture becomes a source of pollution, and consumer testing is difficult
The harmful substances such as formaldehyde and benzene contained in furniture paints are an important source of indoor pollution, causing serious damage to consumers' health. The recent indoor exposure of formaldehyde exceeding the standard has fully demonstrated this point. With the increasing pollution hazards caused by furniture, consumers are becoming more and more confused when purchasing furniture. At the same time, the health and environmental protection requirements for furniture are getting higher and higher.
The more awkward reality is that consumers who have encountered environmental protection hazards in the furniture they have purchased know that it is a dilemma for furniture to be not tested for environmental protection: if the furniture is not sent for inspection, then no pollution data will be obtained. If there is no way to protect the furniture; if the furniture is sent for inspection and the destructive testing method makes the furniture basically scrapped, the consumer may have to bear the cost of testing and the expenses for the abandonment of furniture.
There is no need to open the furniture for inspection.
Due to the traditional furniture testing method, it is necessary to “unload eight pieces of productsâ€, which makes it difficult for consumers to defend their rights. The “New Standard for Furniture Environmental Testing†(hereinafter referred to as the “new standardâ€) under study is expected to be officially promulgated in May this year. Implementation, the new standard is increasingly strict in the supervision of the furniture industry, non-destructive testing will be used to replace damage detection, and the “climate box detection method†is proposed to replace the existing “atmosphere detection methodâ€.
According to experts from Nanjing Interior Decoration Pollution Detection Agency, the so-called “climate box detection method†is to test in a room that maintains constant temperature and humidity, which can accurately reflect the overall actual release of poisonous and harmful substances sent to the inspector. The “Climate Chamber Detection Method†can determine the release amount of harmful substances such as formaldehyde. As long as one material is environmentally unsatisfactory, it can be concentrated in the comprehensive test results. The furniture can be inspected at a constant temperature and humidity of 23 ° C and a humidity of 45%. In addition, after the introduction of the new national standard for soft sofas and mattresses, sofas and mattresses can also be non-destructively tested according to this method. "In this way, after many consumers purchase, if the merchant can not provide the authentic and reliable ring mark detection standard, the product can be sent to the inspection first to see if it meets the standard and then used. If it does not meet the standard, it can also be used. According to the return and exchange, there is no need to tolerate the retention of inferior products."
Increase the monitoring of furniture paint
The environmental protection performance test method of traditional furniture is proportional sampling and testing, which causes a certain degree of damage to the furniture, and the tested furniture cannot be sold or used. Non-destructive testing, while ensuring the test results, avoids damage to the detected items and saves resources.
The promulgation and implementation of the "New Standard for Home Environmental Testing" not only affects the furniture industry, but also has a greater impact on the paint industry. People in the Nanjing furniture industry said that the new standard has improved the market access threshold for furniture lacquer products, integrated the industry of the furniture lacquer industry, and purified the furniture lacquer industry. Directly increased the monitoring of furniture paint products. After the promulgation and implementation of the new standards, furniture companies will inevitably strengthen the detection and management of paint. Therefore, the new national standard of furniture not only regulates the furniture and paint industry, but also brings good news for furniture inspection and paint inspection.
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