Tomorrow is the “June 1” Children’s Day, children’s health has once again become a hot topic of concern. However, the recent children’s toys, supplies, clothing, one after another out of the quality of the sampling failed, phthalates, aromatic amines, etc. have become lurking in the children’s side of the “killer”. Toys: material supplies contain carcinogenic substances from an international environmental protection agency called “Toy Duck Worries — for young children’s products in the investigation of environmental hormones in the content of the survey report announced that in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong’s four major cities randomly purchased a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) materials The report announced that 30 samples of toys made of PVC were randomly purchased from four cities, namely Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong, including toys for toddlers, toddlers’ water play equipment, toddlers’ swimming rings and baby swimming pools, etc., and were sent to independent third-party laboratories for testing. It was found that 21 out of 30 PVC products contained phthalates, with a detection rate of 70%. The phthalate content of a green toy ball even reached 43.1%. The phthalate content of a set of plastic fruit toys for bathing was 34.29%, and the phthalate content of a baby pool was 24.52%. Hazardous to the reproductive system of boys Southern Hospital, deputy director of the Department of Dermatology Sun Ledong, phthalates, is a collective name for the esters formed by phthalic acid, there are about 20 kinds of. It is widely used in toys, food packaging materials, medical blood bags and tubes, vinyl flooring and wallpaper, detergents, lubricants, personal care products (such as nail polish, hair sprays, soaps and shampoos) and hundreds of other products. “Due to the widespread use of phthalates, their deposition in the environment has become commonplace, and they have even been detected in food products such as poultry food, vegetables, fruits and dried fruits,” said Sun Ledong, who believes that the dangers of phthalates go beyond children’s products, and that the scope is wider than we know. Cheng Changmei, a professor of chemistry at Tsinghua University, reminded that products containing phthalates play a role similar to that of estrogen in humans and animals, which can reduce men’s semen volume and sperm count, and seriously lead to testicular cancer; at the same time, it increases women’s chances of developing breast cancer, and even jeopardizes the reproductive system of the baby boys they give birth to in the future. Sun Ledong added, and children if exposed to too much, can cause liver and kidney damage and children precocious puberty, but also affect the development of the child’s nervous system. Pregnant women make-up easily affect the health of the fetus Sun Le Dong pointed out that in the hundreds of products in the presence of phthalate esters, cosmetics nail polish has the highest content of phthalate esters. Also last year, the Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention found in a sample test, in the sampling of domestic personal toiletries, cosmetics and perfumes and other products have a considerable proportion of the products were detected containing phthalate substances, including perfume detection rate of 92.3%. It is worth noting that in the children’s skin care cosmetics, there are two samples were detected phthalates DEP and phthalates DEHP. report author Li Jie Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China currently has no clear regulations on the content of phthalates, so it is difficult for ordinary consumers to see the content of the substance from the domestic labeling of goods. It is understood that the U.S. FDA (Food and Drug Administration), although there is no ban on the addition of phthalates in cosmetics, but the U.S. Commodity Labeling Act clearly requires that if phthalates are added to cosmetics, they must be clearly marked on the label, so that consumers have the power to understand and choose. Professor Zhong Mei, director of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Southern Hospital, suggested that pregnant women and women preparing to become pregnant pay primary attention to the hazards posed by lipstick, nail polish, perms, etc. As we all know, the first 3 months of pregnancy is a sensitive period, is a critical period of differentiation of various organs, especially sensitive to external teratogens, which is most likely to lead to teratogenous formations, such as hare lip, heart disease and so on. Especially in the 2nd month to reach the highest risk value, to pay special attention. The degree of harm depends on the exposure dose Sun Le Dong said, phthalates for the effects of living organisms there is a dose-response relationship, that is, harmful or harmless depends on the exposure dose. Prof. Qiu Bingyi of the Fine Chemical Research Laboratory of the Department of Chemistry, South China Normal University, introduced that the government has a strict definition of the relevant content of the product. The European Union from 1999 has made a formal decision on the use of children under the age of three years and mouth contact with toys (such as baby pacifiers) as well as other children’s products in the content of phthalates in the strict limits. 1999 EU Directive 1999/815/EEC, published in 1999, explains that put into the mouth of a three-year-old child in the polyvinyl chloride (PVC)-related children’s toys and related items, the six plasticizers may not be The six plasticizers are: DEHP (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, DBP (di-n-butyl phthalate), BBP (butylbenzyl phthalate), DINP (diisononyl phthalate), DIDP (diisodecyl phthalate) and DNOP (di-n-octyl phthalate). EC requirements are as follows: the content of DEHP, DBP and BBP in all toys and childcare articles must not exceed 0.1%. All toys and childcare articles that can be placed in a child’s mouth must not contain more than 0.1% of DINP, DIDP and DNOP. In Denmark, in addition to the six EU requirements mentioned above, toys and childcare articles for children under three years of age must not contain more than 0.05% of any of the other phthalates. China currently has no clear regulations on the content of phthalates, but it has been blacklisted as a priority pollutant. Clothing: Aromatic amine dyes toxicity race formaldehyde Recently, the city of industry and commerce, quality supervision departments were part of the sale of Guangzhou, the production of children’s clothing enterprises for sampling and testing, the main unqualified content involves decomposable aromatic amine dyes, formaldehyde content, pH value, color fastness, fiber content and other indicators. Among them, the city’s industry and commerce department in Guangzhou sales by the Beijing production of “Beimei Yi” boys natural woven seven pants, Fujian production “Ji Ji Dong” girls skirt was detected to contain prohibited carcinogenic aromatic amines; the city’s quality supervision department in the Hong Kong Aiwan International Group, Guangzhou, Aiwan Apparel Co. Ltd. production of the trademark “love Bay” children’s T-shirts (90/47) detected in the decomposable aromatic amine dyes. Aromatic amines are mainly used in the textile industry and perfume and other personal care products,” said Sun Le Dong, “This is a class of toxicity than formaldehyde stronger carcinogenic substances, colorless, tasteless, and insoluble in water, its solid and vapor through the skin and other ways to enter the body quickly! “. Aromatics are particularly harmful to the skin, lungs and brain. In the United States, up to 75% (about 9 million patients) of asthma is induced by aromatic amines in perfumes. Long-term exposure to the light will appear headache, nausea, fatigue, insomnia, vomiting, coughing and other adverse symptoms, the heavy will lead to bladder cancer, ureteral cancer, kidney cancer and other diseases, and the incubation period of up to 20 years. It is worthwhile to pay attention to aromatic amines can also pollute the air, and over time can cause children’s inattention, learning disabilities, excessive activity, and in severe cases can also induce convulsions, developmental delays and so on. Clothing content limit of 20ppm Sun Le Dong said that there are more than 20 kinds of decomposable aromatic amines by the EU included in the list of prohibited, in textiles and food contact materials are strictly limited. According to the requirements of the latest EU regulations on plastic products, aromatic amines are banned in food contact materials, and the limit of detection has been reduced from 0.02mg/kg to 0.01mg/kg. China mandated the implementation of the national standard GB18401 “National Technical Specification for the Safety of Textile Products” on January 1, 2005, which also stipulates that it is a mandatory test item, but the limit is 20ppm more stringent than that of the corresponding European standard. Requirements are more stringent, 20ppm. ■ Warm tips on how to buy safe gifts for children? Overseas Chinese Hospital Department of Pediatrics Li Bing Xiao said that children’s toys contain plastics and other will also have an impact on children. Children’s clothes on the dye, etc. will affect the health of children, especially poor quality dye, mainly through physical contact caused by skin problems. To choose clothing for children should try to choose cotton clothes, because cotton is less likely to cause allergies and skin discomfort compared to other materials; clothes are not too flowery, it is desirable to choose fewer flowers, natural colors of the style; new clothes to buy home should be cleaned first, because the clothes may be tried on when stained germs, as well as some of the chemical ingredients left behind in the production process. In addition, buy brand-name clothing will be safer. Guangzhou Municipal Quality Supervision Administration to remind consumers to buy toys should first look at the toy products on the packaging logo information is complete. After the purchase of toys, should pay attention to the use of toy packaging instructions, such as suitable for the age range of children, whether it contains small parts, electric toys, batteries and charging requirements, etc., according to the instructions for the correct use of toys. No warning label on the toy package can absolve parents of their responsibility to supervise the use of toys by their children. Any safe toy can only be ensured if it is used in full accordance with the instructions and safety guidelines. In addition, it should be reminded that in the purchase of strollers, electric toys, plastic toys, projectile toys, dolls and metal toys should be seen clearly whether the 3C mark, try to buy products with 3C mark. In order to prevent counterfeiting 3C mark, consumers can first log on the website of the State Certification and Supervision Commission to check the details of toy manufacturers and product certification before buying toys. When buying stationery, consumers should pay special attention to whether the signs are complete, such as trademarks, factory names, factory addresses, etc., and should not buy stationery without any Chinese signs. In the purchase of books, pens or other stationery, pay attention not to buy too heavy fragrance or irritating odor of the product, because most of these stationery contains formaldehyde, long-term use of the human body has a greater harm. Especially for primary and secondary school students, due to the body is still growing and developing, and often contact with the use of stationery, pay more attention to the purchase of stationery.