Carefully wash clothes with formaldehyde levels exceeding the

Since DP clothing containing formaldehyde is a colorless gas, so its content height, is more difficult to distinguish.

Gansu province textile research institute special fibre Centre Director Yang Hai told reporters that select DP clothing to five areas, consumers can avoid basically on their own health of hazardous substances.

First is the "look"

Consumers want to see businesses in DP costume identifies whether an indication on the DP and formaldehyde.

Baby products (24 months) formaldehyde content should be in the following 20 ppm; direct contact with the skin products such as underwear, etc. should be in the following 75 ppm; not in direct contact with the skin products such as sweaters, pants, skirts and coats, etc. should be ppmv. Do not purchase more than national standards. DP clothing if there is no identity or the identity is not clear, not to buy.

Second is the "smell"

Some non-ironing clothing using urea-formaldehyde resin-free finishing agent, the agent will be with acid, high temperature decomposition releases hydrochloric acid.

Consumers can be hard to crinkle fabric, fever after smell, if formaldehyde exceeds the allowed figure will give off a pungent smell. Also, if after washing, this kind of out of clothing also produces the fish smell.

The third is the "wash"

Consumers purchase DP clothing, it is best to wash once or twice and then wear.

Home if you already have a DP clothing, it is not clear whether they contain excessive formaldehyde, best for several, cleaning, removal of DP clothing of formaldehyde. According to the test, the clothes to wash after wash the formaldehyde content better than before have decreased significantly, most can achieve the effect of reducing the 70%.

Fourth, there are a number of labeled "cotton" and "DP" label clothing DP effect is not good

Consumers and their purchase of such products as direct selection without DP processing of ordinary cotton clothing, washing and ironing, but after the required environmental indicators more secure, healthy and more assured.

Finally, the experts recommended that consumers to purchase brands of DP clothing

The well-known brand manufacturers in the production process through the capture of formaldehyde and etherification modification, can effectively reduce resin finishing agents free formaldehyde content, so the more expensive brand clothing generally lower formaldehyde, DP effect is better.

(Edit: Zheng Yan internships, MD)