Beware of Adhesives Bringing Air Pollution

Reader Ms. Wu: The new house is being renovated. Recently, the renovation workers came to install the cabinets and doors and windows. During the construction process, I have been supervising the work, but the adhesive used by the decoration master during the construction process is very pungent. The master said that this adhesive must be used in bonding materials. Why is there such a big unpleasant smell, and does it affect your health?

  Answer: As the temperature warms up, a new round of decoration climax will come again. Today's building materials market is full of various building materials and varieties. In the past, consumers knew a lot about the main materials such as coatings, floors and sanitary ware, and they not only paid great attention to their design, style, function, etc., but also put forward higher requirements for the environmental protection performance of these materials, and personally supervised the procurement.

   But consumers often ignore the use of "auxiliary materials" in decoration. The construction of auxiliary materials is often a hidden project that consumers cannot see intuitively, so they often do not get enough attention, such as white glue, all-purpose glue, and wall treatment materials.

  All-purpose glue and white glue are widely used in decoration. For example, the production and installation of door covers, window covers, skirting boards, the pasting of fireproof boards, decorative skins, etc. will use adhesive products. Cooked glue powder and putty glue powder for wall treatment are essential products for decoration.

In order to save costs, some informal decoration teams take advantage of the owner's "habit" of ignoring auxiliary materials, and will try to select low-priced or even substandard auxiliary materials. The inferior materials contain various harmful substances, such as benzene, xylene and excessive formaldehyde, etc. , Molecules will gradually dissociate over time, and at the same time of normal breathing, they will enter the respiratory tract, causing respiratory diseases, and these toxic substances are more likely to enter the blood, causing normal cells to change and cause cancer. Therefore, it is not enough to pay attention to the environmentally friendly selection of surface materials.

  If the materials used do not meet environmental protection standards, they may directly cause harm to the human body, and consumers should pay enough attention to this. To ensure the environmental performance of the adhesive, first check the manufacturer, date, expiration date and other details of the adhesive. Regular adhesives have environmental protection test reports. The test report includes the standard name and number of the adhesive, sample name, production unit and batch number, sampling method, the name and model of the instrument used, the test result, and the appearance in the test process. Exceptions, inspections and inspection dates are marked in detail.

In addition, since indoor air pollution is of a complex nature, to solve the problem of decoration pollution, it is best to use products such as composite air pollution purification liquid, which can purify a variety of toxic and harmful gases at the same time, and it is best to directly act on the pollution source. Yes, non-toxic, harmless and no side effects.