Reflections Caused by NPE Events: New Clothes Washing is Important

According to an online survey, only 22.8% of new clothes will be washed after the new clothes are bought. Nearly 61% of them will wash their personal clothes and 8.24% will not wash any clothes. When choosing why to wash new clothes, 61% thought that the new clothes might not be clean. Nearly a quarter of people think that some clothes may contain formaldehyde. After cleaning, the concentration may be reduced. Only 7% of people are out. To the habit. It can be seen that most people do not wash after buying new clothes. What percentage of you belong to?

Some time ago the world's major clothing brands broke out in the apparel "NPE" crisis. When the international environmental protection organization Greenpeace announced that garments including Adi, Nike, Uniqlo and other international big names all contained toxic substances NPE, consumers were dumbfounded when When big names can't believe, what else can we believe?

What is NPE:

NPE is widely used in printing and dyeing and cleaning processes in the textile industry. In addition to the textile industry, NPE can also be used as a surfactant, cleaner. Once NPE enters the environment, it quickly decomposes into the more toxic environmental hormone, NP, which is nonylphenol. NPE is recognized worldwide as an environmental hormone. Research shows that even if the concentration of this substance is very low, it is extremely dangerous.

Fortunately, there were reports later that the clothing of these foreign brands was found to contain toxic substances because the samples submitted were not cleaned. Can not be said to be a false alarm, but let consumers begin to notice: It is very important to buy back new clothes to wash!

How to eliminate NPE and other toxic substances?

Experts suggest that no matter what the material of the clothes, the above will be more or less bacteria and harmful substances, therefore, the best new clothes in a timely manner to open the package drying, or soaked in water, add detergent and then wear. "Especially underwear, shirts, etc., it is best to wash several times more, to minimize the harmful residues in the production process."

In addition, when purchasing new clothes, multiple senses can be used. In addition to eye observation, they can be heard. If they can smell obvious special odors, they indicate that there are excessive chemical residues on textiles or chemical or biological deterioration of textiles. . This incident made it clear to everyone that it is not expensive clothing that does not pose a security risk. In short, new clothes must be cleaned after they are bought back.