When it comes to paint, many people who are about to move to a new home will choose to buy some environmentally friendly paint to make their house twice as white, or even painted with some magnificent color. The fact is that paint is a chemical substance, even if the use of environmentally friendly paint, the same harm in the use of paint is not to be ignored, so what is the harm of paint included?
The harm of the paint is unusually large, so do not stay in the house just after painting for too long, and do not rush to move to live in the house just after painting, should wait for the paint to dry completely before moving in, and it is best to wait for half a month before moving in, compared to the safety of some.
The environmental friendliness of paint is the indicator that consumers are most concerned about when purchasing paint, and the so-called environmental friendliness refers to the level of harm that paint can do to the human body and the environment. The hazards of paint should not be ignored, how to reduce the hazards of paint, the first thing is to be clearly familiar with the hazards of paint.
The hazards of paint are caused by some toxic substances in paint, which can be divided into solvents (formaldehyde, toluene, benzene, xylene, aldehydes, ketones, esters, ethers, aromatic hydrocarbons, etc.) and heavy metals (lead, chromium, mercury, cadmium, etc.). As a rule, the content of these substances in branded paints is low and the environmental performance is good.
What are the hazards of paints?
1. Hazards caused by paint through the skin:
Organic solvent vapor will irritate the mucous membranes of the eyes and make people cry; contact with the skin will ablate skin oils and penetrate into the tissue, nuisance mental performance, dehydration; and dry skin and fumigate dirt and bacteria. The skin keratin ablation causes epidermal keratinization and stimulates the epidermis causing redness and bubbles. Solvent penetration into the human body damage blood cells and bone marrow, etc.
2、The hazards of paint through the respiratory system:
After the vapor of organic solvent is inhaled through the respiratory organs, people often become anesthetized. After the vapor is inhaled, most of the vapor reaches the lungs through the enterprise tube, and then is transmitted to other organs through blood or lymphatic fluid, causing different levels of poisoning signs. It often causes significant persecution to the respiratory tract, nervous system, lungs, kidneys, blood and hematopoietic system.
3. Hazards caused by paint through the digestive system:
When people contaminate the solvent vapor places to eat, smoke or fingers in the mouth, the first victim for the oral cavity, into the esophagus and gastrointestinal, causing nausea, vomiting signs, and then in the digestive system, endangered to other organs.
4、The harm of paint to the environment:
According to the latest research data, toluene, xylene into the atmosphere will occur after a certain photochemical reflection, the ozone layer has a certain damage effect.
5, the body’s display when the harm caused by paint:
The usual symptoms are headache, fatigue, loss of appetite, dizziness, etc. High concentration of acute poisoning inhibits the central nervous system, causing loss of consciousness and anesthetic signs, initially causing excitement, drowsiness, headache, blurred vision, fatigue, loss of appetite, loss of consciousness, etc.; low concentration of vapor-induced chronic poisoning affects platelets, red blood cells and other hematopoietic systems, nostrils, gums and subcutaneous tissue bleeding, resulting in signs of human blood deficiency.
How to reduce the hazards of paint?
The staff who have been in contact with paint for a long time should wear a good mask and gloves to prevent direct contact between paint and skin; they should not drink liquor, because alcohol will extend its retention time in the body, which is extremely detrimental to health; they should keep the air circulating to reduce its concentration in the air; they should eat more food with high vitamin content and drink more boiled water.
Ordinary consumers, to choose a good paint, do not paint not environmentally friendly paint; basic acceptance of water-based paint instead of solvent-based paint; after painting the new home to ensure ventilation for more than two months before moving in; if you are in a hurry to move in, you need to use professional staff to hold testing and management, to determine the standards before moving in.
As we all know, paint is a kind of product made by various chemical substances, so the hazards of paint are exceptionally many. So usually you should cut and stop the direct contact with the skin of the paint, in addition if you must personally paint, you must wear a good mask and gloves, in addition to keep the air circulation, etc. In addition, ordinary consumers should choose some better quality paint, and do not move in based on the brush, otherwise it is easy to lead to some adverse symptoms, everyone should pay attention to it.
