Friday, November 19, 2010

High temperature release home carcinogens

High temperature, heat, damp summer, many people are pushed open the door of the moment, often smell the walls, floors, furniture etc. give off scent of all kinds, especially decorated long new home even more serious.

Indeed, the heat wave continues to come to home decoration pollution also entered a "calamity" and also open a cancer risk "pandoras box."

In recent years, leukemia and cancer has become common in the renovation industry, frequently-occurring disease, new homes in the future cancer reports are also emerging.

The World Health Organization published notice that formaldehyde not only lead to nasal carcinoma and paranasal sinus cancer, there is evidence and leukemia. Children's Hospital has studied, nearly 90% of children with leukemia decorated home recently, decoration materials containing formaldehyde, painted by styrene is likely to be the culprit. "Indeed, formaldehyde, benzene, etc is highly carcinogenic, its effects on the human body to go through more than a year before they will appear. "Institute of Toxicology Fuzhou University environmental expert Professor hole Zhiming.

So, our new home how many carcinogens? Beijing indoor environment monitoring, summer cause home smell mainly decorative materials and furniture, such as the newly bought leather sofas and taste great, mainly its post-processing, you want to put the colourants, toughening agent, adhesives, and other additives, release contains benzene and TVOC and other toxic gases; wall paint, wallpaper, flooring glue is benzene important sources; flooring, Windows and doors, cabinets contain formaldehyde is a recognized fact; wall paint, wallpaper, tiles, sanitary ware, etc also releases radon-induced lung cancer, etc.

Medical Director of the Cancer Hospital lymphatic blood Jun Zhu, 30 degrees Celsius when harmful gas emissions.

While summer temperatures mostly in the 30 ° c above, humidity conditioning of large, often result in reduced air convection, but will also increase the indoor air pollution. Whether it's just moved into new homes soon, or just have new furniture, replacement of friends, be sure to note the following:

New to the "hanging out" for a long time.

New decorated house best vacant ventilation for half a year, the shortest of not less than 40 days. In summer, to avoid for formaldehyde volatile summer stay is necessary.

Nichinichi ventilation.

New house ventilation recommends the use of kitchen, bathroom window ventilation; indoors on a few pots of cold water with vinegar, which can protect the Interior coating surface, absorbing residual smell; also available in several indoor on CF's pineapple, accelerate the speed of absorption of the unusual smell.

Planting plants green smoke flavour.

Monstera night cool carbon dioxide absorption; chrysanthemum, growth there are suction of rattan skills; diaolan, Aloe, Huwei LAN can absorb the room the formaldehyde. Coke, activated carbon, etc. can be adsorbed benzene, toluene, xylene, ethanol, styrene, etc.

First disinfection and occupancy.

Decoration pollution gas can enter the body through the respiratory, if the wall is decorated, 3% available to Su in aqueous solution or 3% Peracetic acid solution spraying. Ground spraying to uniform, wall spray heights should be more than 2 meters, after having closed the new IRS and doors more than 1 hour. In addition, you can use vinegar to fumigation room.

(Edit: Justin Lin, internships)

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