Wood furniture more than half of formaldehyde exceeded

Wuhan last quarter sales of wood furniture is found in more than half of sampling products of inferior quality. More noteworthy is that in the failed subjects in 31 batches of samples, 30 batches were found to "formaldehyde emission" sub-standard.

The monitoring of the circulation area of the council in the city a total of 15 distribution units in 59 batches of wooden furniture taken, qualified 28 batches, with a pass rate of 47.5%. Among them, including "Red Maple", "Jin-fu to", "Sunshine Agile" and other brands of 31 companies were producing substandard product quality, these products are mostly concentrated in the dining chair and bedside table, almost most of all there is "formaldehyde exceeded." "Cause wood furniture, formaldehyde, formaldehyde failed due to excessive amount of raw materials, part of the furniture business did not purchase wood-based panels and glue to the formaldehyde content inspection, bought directly used in the production, resulting in finished furniture, formaldehyde emission failure." Authority technical staff explained.

Bureau analysts believe that it is mainly used due to heavy metals exceeding the paint. It is reported that furniture is mainly limited to the heavy metals lead, cadmium, chromium and mercury, there is a significant risk to humans, especially of lead can damage the human nervous, hematopoietic and reproductive systems, in particular, are able to influence children's growth and mental development. Currently, these substandard wood furniture has been cleared the market, the Council has also carried out according to the law to deal with business units.