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The damage caused by excessive formaldehyde to the human and removal methods

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The damage caused by excessive formaldehyde to the human and removal methods

 Formaldehyde is one of the most common gases in life, but it is also a toxic gas that can affect your health when it exceeds the standard. Therefore, it is not recommended to move in immediately after renovating a new house, in order to avoid long-term inhalation of a large amount of formaldehyde, and their own health effects. So what harm does formaldehyde exceed the standard to the human body?

1.Respiratory disorders

Formaldehyde will cause damage to the body's respiratory tract, if inhaled a large amount of formaldehyde, there will be symptoms of sore throat, and accompanied by a burning sensation. After the stimulation of the respiratory tract, there may be coughing, coughing, shortness of breath and other uncomfortable symptoms; serious may also cause pneumonia, chronic bronchitis and other diseases, and even cause death.

2.Visual impairment

Formaldehyde exceeds the standard and may cause damage to the eyes, mainly manifested as itching and burning sensation in the eyes, and will be accompanied by the phenomenon of eye redness. If the eyes are directly exposed to formaldehyde, serious optical damage may occur, and even vision loss may occur.

3.Skin allergy

Formaldehyde direct contact with the skin, there may be skin allergies, such as rashes, hives, etc., and serious allergic contact dermatitis may also occur. If the clothes also contain a lot of formaldehyde products, it will also cause skin irritation, thus aggravating the symptoms of skin allergy.

4.Intestinal damage

Formaldehyde may cause damage to the gastrointestinal tract after it is accidentally ingested, mainly causing some symptoms of gastrointestinal discomfort, such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, etc.. It can also cause damage to other internal organs, such as liver, kidneys, pancreas, etc.

5.Gene mutation

Long-term inhalation of a large amount of formaldehyde will also affect the normal reproductive function, adult men may have reduced sperm vitality or the phenomenon of dead sperm, while fertile women may have fetal abnormalities or stillbirth.

Therefore, before moving into a new house, using gas detectors to monitor the concentration of various gases in the new room is also particularly important.

So what are the methods to remove formaldehyde? Here are 7 effective ways to remove formaldehyde.

1.Just renovated house, not immediately move in, to first open all the doors and windows, so that air circulation, reduce the harmful substances in the indoor air. For the winter just renovated owners, but also pay special attention, do not be afraid of the cold will be closed doors and windows, so as not to formaldehyde and other pollutants affect health.

2.In the window ventilation at the same time can also put some activated carbon in the room, because activated carbon is a porous structure, it can adsorb formaldehyde in the air and reduce the harmful substances in the indoor air.

3.After the house renovation, you can also put some plants indoors, plants to absorb formaldehyde, although the speed is relatively slow, but is one of the safest, the most green, environmentally friendly methods, friends in need may wish to consider it.

4.After the house renovation, you can use 350 grams of black tea soak two basins of water, and then placed indoors, and then open the windows for ventilation, wait 48 hours after the indoor formaldehyde content will drop by more than 90%, the irritating smell will basically disappear.

5.After the new house is decorated, you can use air purifiers to manage indoor air pollution problems, so that indoor air to form a good cycle, to play the purpose of removing formaldehyde.

6.High temperature fumigation can only temporarily remove formaldehyde, can not continuously give pollutants heat storage, so that pollutants give full play to, so it will still cause safety hazards, in addition, high temperature fumigation is easy to make wallpaper, furniture cracking, affecting the beauty of the overall environment.

7.Photocatalyst to formaldehyde principle is very simple, is the catalyst contained in the stimulation of light will be and oxygen, water and produce negative ions and hydroxyl radicals, these substances can decompose formaldehyde and other pollutants, generating carbon dioxide, water and the corresponding acid and other harmless substances, so as to achieve the role of air purification.

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