Children's paint addiction concept hype can not be completely non-toxic

“Children's paint, creating an environmentally friendly non-toxic family environment” is a familiar phrase for many parents who are already parents. As people gradually pay attention to the degree of environmental protection in home interior decoration, the choice of paint has become a top priority for decoration. Especially when decorating children's rooms, parents are more inclined to purchase children's paints that merchants admire, even if such paints are used. It is also a lot more expensive than ordinary paint in terms of price. However, children's lacquer used to paint furniture or walls is also made of many chemical substances. Is this kind of children's paint truly environmentally friendly and non-toxic?

Last weekend, the reporter visited a number of home building materials stores on Hongqi Road and Jiefangnan Road and found that more than a dozen well-known paint brands such as Dulux, Sammuk, and China Resources had children's paint sales, and the prices were relatively low compared to ordinary latex paints. A lot of expensive. In a building materials store on Hongqi Road, the shopping guide told reporters that since the first lunar month, customers who came to buy children's paints have been increasing. Although they are expensive, they must sell at least a dozen barrels a day. However, when the reporter asked what the difference was between children's paint and ordinary water-based latex paint, if it was really no pollution to the indoor environment, the purchase guide only said that children's paint VOC volatile organic compounds content is very low, and easy to scrub, not afraid of children smear Doodles cannot explain clearly the specific characteristics and environmental protection of children's paint.

“In fact, there is no difference between children's paints and water-based latex paints.” Wu, a manager at a building materials store in Jiefangnan Road for more than 10 years, said, “Water-based paints are the most environmentally friendly among paints, and I like this brand. The 5 liters of paint, children's paint is 760 yuan a barrel, ordinary water paint is 650 yuan a barrel, although the difference of 110 dollars, but from the perspective of environmental protection index, the two are the same, children's paint is only a concept Bale."

Staff of Tianjin Quality Inspection Institute stated that according to relevant national standards, paints are divided into water-based paints, solvent paints, and powder paints. There has never been a category of children's paints or children's paints. Moreover, paints are a mixture, even if they are produced during the production process. Without addition of benzene, many other chemical substances will also be added. It is necessary to completely eliminate environmental pollution and it is difficult to achieve the current level of technology.

In addition, the reporter found that when reviewing the data, the current implementation of paint companies is still the 2008 amendment of the "indoor decoration materials interior wall paint harmful substances" this national standard, specifically for the children's room interior coating industry standards have been No introduction. According to industry insiders, it is precisely due to the lack of industry specific regulations that some companies use “children's special paint” as the first thing to “fudge” consumers. In terms of environmental protection, manufacturers should always look forward and cannot stick to existing standards. Instead, we must constantly exceed the standards and produce products that are safe and environmentally friendly for both adults and children.