Spot checks found that 19 batches of children's furniture were unqualified! The main problems were in these 6 points!

Children are naturally curious and like to experience the world through touch and experimentation, which makes them grow faster, but also brings them potential dangers.

Relevant child safety organizations have released data showing that 60% of child injuries occur at home, and most of the child injuries that occur at home are related to furniture.

Some time ago, the Shanghai Market Supervision Bureau conducted random inspections on children's furniture sold in shopping malls and online trading platforms. After testing, 19 batches were found to be unqualified, which made us very sad.

Today, we will talk about the pitfalls in children's furniture and how to avoid them based on several issues found by the Shanghai Municipal Administration for Market Regulation. Families with children can take a look at how to avoid pitfalls, and those without children are also recommended to collect them, which will be useful in daily life.

In this spot check, the most common problems found were with the edges and tips of children's furniture.

When children run around at home, they are bound to bump into things. If they bump into sharp corners or edges of furniture, the consequences can be disastrous.

A quick search on the Internet will reveal many examples of children getting injured by bumping into sharp corners, some seriously needing stitches.

Therefore, when choosing children's furniture, you must pay attention to the edges and tips. The standard stipulates that for children's furniture below 1.6 meters, the outer corners that children can touch should be rounded or chamfered, and the rounding radius (≥ 10 mm) or the rounding arc length (≥ 15 mm) must meet the requirements.

Parents can use a ruler to measure when purchasing children's furniture.

Every year, there are news reports of children getting their fingers stuck.

Children are very curious and like to put their fingers into holes and gaps. If the material of the holes in children's furniture is rigid, it is easy for them to get stuck. And because rigid materials are difficult to break, getting stuck for a long time can easily lead to bruises, and forcibly pulling them out can easily cause injuries.

But in fact, this can be avoided.

There are clear requirements for children's furniture. Holes and gaps on rigid materials with a depth exceeding 10 mm must be ≥ 12 mm (about the thickness of an adult's little finger) to ensure that children's fingers can move in and out freely.

Or the pores are less than 6 mm (slightly thinner than a 2B pencil), so small that a finger cannot fit in.

▲ We tested the gap of a children's furniture with cylinders with diameters of 6 mm and 12 mm, and found that it did not meet the standard.

Parents can check the pores in the furniture at home and deal with them in time, and also pay more attention when purchasing children's furniture.

I wonder if you still remember the "deadly drawer cabinet" incident.

Because the cabinet had no connectors to fix it to the wall, many children in the United States died when the chest of drawers tipped over.

However, three years after this tragedy, some furniture manufacturers still have not paid attention to these problems. There are still problems such as the center of gravity of children's furniture is too high or too far outward, and there is no anti-tipping device (some stores will only provide it upon inquiry), and hidden dangers still exist.

Therefore, if there are children's furniture such as tables and cabinets that are higher than 600 mm in the home, they need to be installed with connectors that can be fixed to the wall.

If the merchant does not provide it, you can tell him: the national mandatory standard stipulates that merchants "are required to provide connectors that can be fixed to the wall, and clearly specify the installation and usage methods in the instructions."

Many children's furniture has folding, lifting and other functions. If you are not careful when using it, your child's hands may be pinched. The national standard also stipulates that if a product has a folding or adjustment device, a warning message "Warning! Beware of pinching" should be marked in an appropriate position on the product.

But some manufacturers don't care and still do their own thing.

Although this may seem insignificant to adults, for young children, a small sign may very well avoid potential harm.

Parents still need to pay attention when purchasing, and they can also put up warning stickers themselves if necessary.

In the homes of children randomly inspected by the Shanghai Market Supervision Bureau, there is one risk that we should be particularly careful about, and that is the formaldehyde risk.

Among 19 batches, 5 batches failed to meet the formaldehyde emission standards!

Although the damage caused by formaldehyde in a short period of time is not as obvious as the above damage, we cannot ignore the threat of this type of carcinogen, nor can we predict when the change from quantitative to qualitative, not to mention that children's resistance is lower than that of adults.

Therefore, when choosing children's furniture, the formaldehyde problem cannot be ignored from the beginning.

When purchasing, parents can ask the merchant to provide a test report to see whether the merchant complies with the provisions of GB 18580, "The formaldehyde emission limit value of artificial boards and their products for interior decoration and renovation materials is 0.124 mg/m³, and the limit mark is E1."

However, the source of indoor formaldehyde release is often not just a single piece of furniture. Formaldehyde will also accumulate indoors, so it is recommended that you test for formaldehyde before moving in.

Lead is also a risk factor worth noting in children's furniture.

In order to cater to the market, many businesses will make children's furniture colorful. However, if the quality of the paint used is not up to standard, there will be heavy metal problems. Children like to touch things randomly, which can easily cause heavy metals in the paint film to migrate to their hands, and they will ingest heavy metals when they chew their fingers or eat.

If children's blood lead levels are too high, it will affect their intelligence.

▲ Data from the World Health Organization on the hazards of lead

Parents still need to be vigilant when purchasing these colorful children's furniture and ask the merchants to provide complete test reports to avoid the threat of lead.

Regarding the problems and suggestions about children's furniture, we have also made a summary for you. You can long press to save:

Well, that’s all for this issue of science popularization. Don’t forget to do some self-examination after reading this, and remember to avoid pitfalls when buying children’s furniture!

I hope this can help you all!

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Source: Dad Review